A Management agent is a

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that runs on a managed node (example: a router) and provides an

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to manage it. It can perform operations on

managed object In telecommunication, the term managed object has the following meanings: 1. In a network, an abstract representation of network resources that are managed. With "representation", we mean not only the actual device that is managed, but also the d ...

s in the node and can also forward notifications to the manager ( EMS). The agent software usually resides in the flash memory of telecommunications devices.

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