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11: SNMP : Simple Network

Management Protocol

• SNMP Configuration

• SNMP MIB Definition

Sample

TheSimpleNetworkManagementProtocol(SNMP)was

designedtoallowremotemanagementandmonitoringofa

varietyofdevicesfromacentrallocation.TheSNMP

managementsystemisgenerallycomposedofagents(suchas

yourPinPointX,arouter,aUPS,awebserver,afileserver,or

othercomputerequipment)

andaNetworkManagement

Station(NMS)whichmonitorsalltheagentsonaspecific

network.Usingthemanagementinformationbase(MIB),an

NMScanincludereporting,networktopologymapping,tools

toallowtrafficmonitoringandtrendanalysis,anddevice

monitoring.

AuthenticationensuresSNMPmessagescomingfromthe

agent,suchasthePinPointX,havenotbeenmodifiedandthe

agentmaynotbequeriedbyunauthorizedusers.SNMPv3

usesaUser‐BasedSecurityModel(USM)toauthenticateand,

ifdesiredorsupported,messageencryption. USMusesauser

nameandpassword

specifictoeachdevice.

ThePinPointXcanbeconfiguredasanSNMPagentand

supportsSNMPv2candSNMPv3.

Management Information Base (MIB)

Themanagementinformationbase(MIB)isatypeofdatabase

usedtocompiletheinformationfromthevariousSNMP

agents.Reportsfromvariousagents,suchasthePinPointX,

aresentasdatainformdesignedtobeparsedbytheNMSinto

itsMIB.Thedataishierarchicalwithentries

addressed

throughobjectidentifiers.

SNMP Traps

SNMPtrapsarealertsthatcanbesentfromthemanaged

devicetotheNetworkManagementStationwhenanevent

happens.YourPinPointXiscapableofsendingthelinkUptrap

whenthenetworkconnectionbecomesavailable.

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