
Overview of Basic SNMP Building Blocks
What are SNMP MIBs?
Figure 2 SNMP Event Interactions Between the NMS and the Agent
Get request
Response
Get next
NMS
Responseinitiated
Get next
Response
Trap (agent initiated)
Agent
(Cisco IOS device)
NMS
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What are SNMP MIBs?
A Management Information Base (MIB):
•Presents a collection of information that is organized hierarchically.
•Is accessed by using a 
•References managed objects and object identifiers.
Managed 
•Scalar 
•Tabular 
Object identifier (or object 
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