## About Slave Agents

A slave agent is an instance of Sun Storage Automated Diagnostic Environment running on a host system that monitors and manages its own devices but is subordinate to a designated master agent when reporting event/alarm information or when notification is required. When a master agent is requested to do something to a specific slave agent, it simply sends the request to the slave agent and waits for the response. The slave agent executes the request and returns the results to the master agent.

### Related Topics

- About Master Agents
- About Alternate Master Agents