Section 2
SNMP
1. SNMP
By using SNMP, the management information of equipment connected to a network can be gotten via a network. The information of multiple equipment gotten using SNMP can also be unitarily managed by using SNMP management software.
The equipment corresponding to SNMP has a “management information database” called MIB (Manage- ment Information Base) in the inside of equipment. In SNMP, the bidirectional communication of data contained in MIB is realized between a “management system” and “management object system” that exist in a network.
In MIB, there is the standard MIB prescribed by RFC. Especially,
Monitoring and monitored sides exist when equipment is monitored via a network using SNMP. The monitoring side is called an “SNMP manager”. It is mainly constituted by the software of PC. For the monitored side, a module called an “SNMP agent” is installed.
The SNMP manager periodically inquires the equipment, which it manages, about MIB information. This way to get information is called “polling”. In polling, equipment replies using a response command when an SNMP manger sends a request command to equipment. By polling, therefore, equipment can be monitored without applying a high load to the equipment.
On the other hand, notification can also be done from the equipment side to an SNMP manager. This noti- fication is called a “trap”. Using this trap, when a serious trouble occurred in equipment, it can be notified to the SNMP manager in a short time.
This unit is compatible with the two polling and trap protocols described above. Equipment can be efficiently monitored using these protocols.
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