3-2 Asanté SNMP MacAgent
Requirements The requirements for Asanté SNMP Agent are
AsantéView In-Band Network Management Software AsantéView is powerful network management software used to man-
age Asanté intelligent Ethernet hubs and bridges. It allows network
managers to monitor Ethernet networks using the SNMP protocol.
AsantéView provides detailed information about Macintoshes that
have Asanté’s SNMP MacAgent installed as well as information about
other SNMP devices on the network. The SNMP MacAgent can be
accessed using AsantéView In-Band software. The term
in-band
means
network management packets travel over the same wire as other net-
work traffic.
Accessing Asanté MacAgent MIB If you don’t have AsantéView, it is still possible to manage the SNMP
MacAgent. You must obtain Asanté’s SNMP MacAgent MIB, a text file
available on Asanté’s FTP server via the Internet.
The file can be obtained from the /snmp directory using “anonymous”
as the log in to: ftp.asante.com. The SNMP MacAgent MIB text file is
also available via our Bulletin Board Service at (408) 432-1416.
Asanté SNMP MacAgent and the TCP/IP Protocol The Asanté SNMP MacAgent loads into RAM when the Macintosh is
turned on. It uses the TCP/IP protocol, made available through
MacTCP, as a transport mechanism for the SNMP information.
When the Macintosh is polled by an AsantéView or Generic SNMP
management console, Asanté SNMP MacAgent forwards information
about the Macintosh’s network connection and other vital statistics.
Workstation Network Management Station
SNMP MacAgent
and
AsantéView In-Band
or
MacTCP A generic SNMP Management console with MIB
compiler and/or MIB browser and Asanté SNMP
MacAgent MIB
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