Chapter 13 SNMP Management
SNMP OVERVIEW
As local area network (LAN) environments became standardized over the past ten years, multivendor equipment grew with competition. It became necessary to manage various vendor equipment from a single control con- sole. Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) emerged as the stan- dard for managing commercial TCP/IP networks. The term SNMP broadly refers to the message protocols used to exchange information between the network management station and the managed devices, as well as to the structure of network management databases.
SNMP BASIC COMPONENTS
SNMP has three basic components: network manager, agent, and manage- ment information base (MIB).
Network Manager
The network manager is a control program that collects, controls, and pre- sents data pertinent to the operation of the network devices. It resides on a network management station.
Agent
The agent is a control program that responds to queries and commands from the network manager and returns requested information or invokes config- uration changes initiated by the manager. It resides in each network device.
MIB
The MIB is an index to the organized data stored within a network device. The MIB defines the operating parameters that can be controlled or moni- tored. When the MIB requests the network manager to retrieve or modify a particular piece of information about a network device, the network manag- er transmits that request to the network device. The agent in that device in-
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