Airlink CDMA/1x manual Simple Network Management Protocol Snmp, Snmp Overview

CHAPTER 8

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

The Raven can be configured as an SNMP agent and supports SNMPv2c and SNMPv3.

SNMP Overview

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 Raven, a router, a UPS, a web server, a file server, or other computer equipment) and a Net- work Management Station (NMS) which monitors all the agents on a specific net- work. 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 Raven, 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.

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