Chapter 1 - Introduction HCD-E1
Installation & Operation Manual
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Each SNMP agent recognizes the messages addressed to its own IP address.
In addition, the SNMP agent includes a proprietary built-in IP router, which
is able to route management messages in accordance with the network
topology determined by the routing algorithm, without requiring the user to
provide a priori topology information on the network. The user can read the
information collected by the IP router on the additional remote SNMP
agents which are served by the router.
The proprietary IP router operates only on the in-band traffic.
The advanced capabilities of the HCD-E1 SNMP agents allow easy
integration of the HCD-E1 in wide-area managed communication systems.
Its capabilities support any practical communication network topology, as
illustrated in the example shown in Figure 1-4.
Figure 1-4 Extended Management Topology Using Network Management Station
The network shown in Figure 1-4 can be managed by a single network
management station, because of the flexible routing capabilities of the
SNMP agent can carry the management traffic over many different paths.