SimpleAgentPro

Network Management Simulator

Overview

SimpleAgentPro® is a Network Management Simulator with an easy to use GUI that can simulate an entire network of LAN-WAN components made up of thousands of manageable devices.
Used by many of the leading network management vendors including HP, CA, BMC, IBM and Cisco, SimpleAgentPro has become the industry standard for network management simulation all over the world.
Using this tool, management application vendors and system integrators can quickly develop, test and demonstrate management applications without requiring thousands of expensive and bulky hardware boxes.
Enterprise Level simulations, made up of thousands of devices, can be distributed over multiple servers and still controlled from one user interface.
SimpleAgentPro® is a Network Management Simulator with an easy to use GUI that can simulate an entire network of LAN-WAN components made up of thousands of manageable devices.
Used by many of the leading network management vendors including HP, CA, BMC, IBM and Cisco, SimpleAgentPro has become the industry standard for network management simulation all over the world.
Using this tool, management application vendors and system integrators can quickly develop, test and demonstrate management applications without requiring thousands of expensive and bulky hardware boxes.
Enterprise Level simulations, made up of thousands of devices, can be distributed over multiple servers and still controlled from one user interface.
SimpleAgentPro® is a Network Management Simulator with an easy to use GUI that can simulate an entire network of LAN-WAN components made up of thousands of manageable devices.
Used by many of the leading network management vendors including HP, CA, BMC, IBM and Cisco, SimpleAgentPro has become the industry standard for network management simulation all over the world.
Using this tool, management application vendors and system integrators can quickly develop, test and demonstrate management applications without requiring thousands of expensive and bulky hardware boxes.
Enterprise Level simulations, made up of thousands of devices, can be distributed over multiple servers and still controlled from one user interface.
SimpleAgentPro® is a Network Management Simulator with an easy to use GUI that can simulate an entire network of LAN-WAN components made up of thousands of manageable devices.
Used by many of the leading network management vendors including HP, CA, BMC, IBM and Cisco, SimpleAgentPro has become the industry standard for network management simulation all over the world.
Using this tool, management application vendors and system integrators can quickly develop, test and demonstrate management applications without requiring thousands of expensive and bulky hardware boxes.
Enterprise Level simulations, made up of thousands of devices, can be distributed over multiple servers and still controlled from one user interface.
SimpleAgentPro® is a Network Management Simulator with an easy to use GUI that can simulate an entire network of LAN-WAN components made up of thousands of manageable devices.
Used by many of the leading network management vendors including HP, CA, BMC, IBM and Cisco, SimpleAgentPro has become the industry standard for network management simulation all over the world.
Using this tool, management application vendors and system integrators can quickly develop, test and demonstrate management applications without requiring thousands of expensive and bulky hardware boxes.
Enterprise Level simulations, made up of thousands of devices, can be distributed over multiple servers and still controlled from one user interface.
SimpleAgentPro® is a Network Management Simulator with an easy to use GUI that can simulate an entire network of LAN-WAN components made up of thousands of manageable devices.
Used by many of the leading network management vendors including HP, CA, BMC, IBM and Cisco, SimpleAgentPro has become the industry standard for network management simulation all over the world.
Using this tool, management application vendors and system integrators can quickly develop, test and demonstrate management applications without requiring thousands of expensive and bulky hardware boxes.
Enterprise Level simulations, made up of thousands of devices, can be distributed over multiple servers and still controlled from one user interface.
SimpleAgentPro® is a Network Management Simulator with an easy to use GUI that can simulate an entire network of LAN-WAN components made up of thousands of manageable devices.
Used by many of the leading network management vendors including HP, CA, BMC, IBM and Cisco, SimpleAgentPro has become the industry standard for network management simulation all over the world.
Using this tool, management application vendors and system integrators can quickly develop, test and demonstrate management applications without requiring thousands of expensive and bulky hardware boxes.
Enterprise Level simulations, made up of thousands of devices, can be distributed over multiple servers and still controlled from one user interface.
SimpleAgentPro® is a Network Management Simulator with an easy to use GUI that can simulate an entire network of LAN-WAN components made up of thousands of manageable devices.
Used by many of the leading network management vendors including HP, CA, BMC, IBM and Cisco, SimpleAgentPro has become the industry standard for network management simulation all over the world.
Using this tool, management application vendors and system integrators can quickly develop, test and demonstrate management applications without requiring thousands of expensive and bulky hardware boxes.
Enterprise Level simulations, made up of thousands of devices, can be distributed over multiple servers and still controlled from one user interface.

Simulated devices support a variety of network management protocols like:

SNMP v1,v2 and v3

TLI

NetConf

CoAP

Telnet/CLI

IPMI ver 1.5/2.0

FLI Client and Server

MQTT

SSH

REST and SOAP over HTTPS/

Netflow (5,7,9),IPFix, sFlow

Modbus over TCp

HTTP / HTTPs

TFTP Client and Server

Vmware vSphere API calls

BAnet/IP

Each simulated device can support its own MIBs, data, and IP Address. SimpleAgentPro’s unique ability to create default variables from MIB or simply learn variables from an existing agent and its built-in support for dynamic values allows it be setup quickly. The use of Tcl based scripting allows for advanced modeling of agent behavior, trap generation, creation of error scenarios and expression of inter-relationships between MIB variables..

Applications

The SimpleAgentPro is available on a variety of platforms (Linux and Windows), from high end workstations to laptop PCs. It can even run on the same machine that runs your management application, to create a self-contained development and demonstration environment. The device simulation files are ASCII files and can be shared by everyone in the organization. Engineering and Testing departments can use them on UNIX/Win machines, while Sales and Marketing departments can use the same files on Windows laptop PCs. For use in the Cable Industry, an easy to use, Cable Wizard interface is also provided to quickly simulate thousands of CM/MTAs. This can be used to carry out pre-deployment and error scenario testing of the provisioning and management software.

Operation

A few simple steps are required to start the SimpleAgentPro. They are:

  1. Use the built in MIB compiler to load the MIBs supported by the Agent.
  2. Use the built in MIB Instance creator to define the variables to be supported or use the MIB learner to learn them from an existing agent or simply select from pre-existing devices in the device library.
  3. Edit the instance and value information if required. Valid defaults are automatically created. The SimpleAgentPro is now ready to receive SNMP Get/GetNext/GetBulk/Set requests and send replies. Simply repeat the above steps for each additional device to be simulated, or simply “clone” the added device.
  4. Use Tcl based scripts to emit any selected trap on demand.

Benefits

Shortened
"Time to Market"

Shortened “Time to Market” by allowing development of management applications to proceed in parallel with Agent development.

Improved Quality of Management

Improved quality of management applications and allows testing with hundreds of devices.

Demonstration of Capabilities

Demonstration of capabilities of management applications in the absence of an agents at trade shows, customer sites or in training classes.

Duplication of Your Production Network

Duplication of your production network in your test bed for trying out scripts, training and disaster recovery testing.

Features

Hardware and Software Requirements

Powering the next generation of tech teams

Over 250 companies in 31 countries have benefited from SimpleAgentPro.

Detailed Feature List

Detailed information about SimpleAgentPro and its features is provided below to enable potential customers to make educated decisions and prevent the spread of false information by others.

Features Details
Current Version
25.5
Major Releases
About every 6 months.
Minor Releases
Bug fix release if necessary.
Ease of Use
Very simple to use and setup. Uses intuitive, non Tk based, native GUI.
Licensing
Software key based licensing supported on Windows and Linux.
Types

5, 50, 250, 1000, 2500, 5000, and 10000 versions.

TCP/IP stack
Native on and Linux and Windows.
Max. number of devices
Up to 10,000 devices depending on available resources and type of simulation. SimpleAgentEnterprise available for larger device counts.
SNMP Versions
Supports SNMPv1, SNMPv2c, and SNMPv3
Netflow, sFlow, IPFIX

Simulated devices can create Netflow version 5, 7, 8 and 9 packets and send them to one or 

IPMI ver 1.5/2.0

Simulated devices can respond to IPMI queries in addition to SNMP and Telnet. IPMI learning 

Telnet/CLI

Simulated devices can respond to Telnet/CLI queries in addition to 

SSH

Users can login to simulated devices via SSH and access the CLI 

HTTP/HTTPs

Simulated devices also respond to http and https requests from a web browser. A separte http learner application
TL1
Simulated devices can respond to TL1 queries in addition to SNMP and Telnet/CLI.
TFTP
Simulated devices can act as TFTP servers as well as TFTP clients.
FTP
Simulated devices can act as FTP servers (only available on Linux) as well as FTP clients.
DHCP
Simulated devices can make requests for IP addresses sequentially and in parallel.
SOAP over HTTP/s
Simulated devices can respond to SOAP requests over HTTP/s
REST over HTTP/s
Simulated devices can respond to REST requests over HTTP/s based on
Netconf
Simulated devices can respond to Netconf requests over SSH. Proxy capability for
VMware vSphere APIs
Simulated devices can respond to VMware vSphere API calls over SOAP for cloud
HTTP/2
Simulated devices can support HTTP/2 protocol and respond to get
CoAP
Simulated devices can respond to CoAP requests for IoT
MQTT
Simulated devices can send MQTT publish and subscribe messages to a configured broker.
Modbus over TCP
Simulated devices can act as Modbus over TCP servers that provide
BACnet/IP
Simulated devices can listen to protocol specific port (47808) for incoming requests and respond to them based
Other Protocols
ToD, Diffie-Hellman
IPv6 Protocols
Supports static IPv6 addresses, DHCPv6, TFTP and TOD over IPv6 in Linux and Windows 10000
Documentation
Acrobat PDF format, HTML based Web help system.
Open APIs
Published C/C++/Tcl interfaces to allow other applications to interface with SimpleAgentPro. Java and Perl
Multiple Invocations
Allows multiple invocations in 10000 mode for easy sharing among multiple users.
Pricing
Please contact sales@simplesoft.com for current pricing.
Site licensing/Multiple copy discounts
Steep discounts available for multiple copy
Command Line
All functionality available in command line mode for easy automation.
Technical Support
Email/phone support available with an average time of response of a few hours.
Dynamic row creation
Supports new instance, RowStatus, EntryStatus methods of dynamic row creation via
Device Libraries
Includes pre-learnt devices from Cisco, Juniper,
Advanced Modelling
Dynamic simulation support is built-in. Additional agent behavior
Network Scenarios
Device and Map level network scenario scripts can be predefined and then run through simple pop-up menus during sales and
Topology Editor
Graphical tool allows you to create router/switch/host based interconnected networks, and convert them into
MIB Browser
MIB Browser is included to generate SNMP queries to simulated devices.
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