Axis Communications 540/640 manual Using Snmp for Remote Monitoring

Section 7: Setting Up - UNIX

Using SNMP for Remote Monitoring

You may use SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) for remote monitoring of the AXIS 540/640. All major functions applicable to print servers are supported.

General Information SNMP actually refers to a set of standards for network management, including a protocol, a database structure specification, and a set of data objects. The AXIS 540/640 SNMP implementation runs in the TCP/IP environment.

The actual management is handled by an NMS (Network Management System) software running on a host on your network. The NMS software communicates with network devices by the means of messages, which are references to one or more objects.

A message can be a question or an instruction to a device, or an alarm triggered by a specific event in a device. Objects are contained in data bases called MIBs (Management Information Base), where MIB-II is a standard database.

The AXIS 540/640 supports all relevant parts of MIB-II. It also includes a private enterprise MIB. The AXIS MIB is described later in this section.

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