Carrier Access Access Navigator user manual Snmp Interface, Operations Location Center

SNMP Interface

Overview

Overview

The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) enables network operations centers (NOCs) to monitor and manage network elements across an internetwork. The Access Navigator supports SNMP through its Ethernet port (see Figure C-1), which provides access to the carrier’s TCP/IP management network.

Network	On-Net
Operations	Location
Center

SNMP

Element

Manager

Hub or

Network

Ethernet

Access

Navigator

Figure C-1. SNMP via Ethernet TCP/IP

The Access Navigator SNMP Agent is based on the SNMPv1 standard. It implements the following two industry standard specifications for the TCP/IP and DS1 interfaces, plus an Enterprise MIB developed for managing CA’s Access Bank II products:

￿RFC 1213 – Management Information Base for Network Management of TCP/IP-based internets:

MIB-II

￿RFC 1406 – Definitions of Managed Objects for the DS1 and E1 Interface Types

The Access Navigator supports all mandatory objects defined in RFC 1213 for the TCP/IP network interface.

The Access Navigator supports the DS1 mandatory objects in RFC 1406 Near End Configuration Group, including the Near End Current, Interval, and Total objects. The Far End Object Group is optional and is not currently supported.

C-2 August 2003 Access Navigator - Release 1.8