Symmetricom Time Server user manual Snmp Simple Network Management Protocol, About Snmp

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SNMP – Simple Network Management Protocol

D.1 About SNMP

SNMP management software allows a network user to remotely monitor and configure an IP host that supports an SNMP agent. An SNMP agent is protected from unauthorized use through a security scheme. TimeVault supports a SNMP version 1 agent with the MIB II and Enterprise MIB databases.

The material in this section assumes you already have an understanding of SNMP. If that is not the case, we recommend “SNMP, SNMPv2 and CMIP” written by William Stallings and published by Addison-Wesley Publishing Company. This book is considered by the community to be the definitive introduction to SNMP. Another good reference is “How To Manage Your Network Using SNMP,” by Marshal T. Rose and Keith McClogurie. For more technical references, see RFC-1157 (the definition of SNMPv1), RFC-1213 (the definition of MIB II) and RFC-1354 (the IP Forwarding table addition to MIB II). All RFCs are published with approval of the Internet Activities Board, found on the Internet by running any search engine and typing “RFC” in the search field (or “RFC-####” if you have the number). Two such search engines can be found at the following Internet addresses:

http://www.lycos.com/

http://www.altavista.com/

Two sites in particular that have basic information on SNMP are:

The Simple Web: http://snmp.cs.utwente.nl/

Basic SNMP Information: http://www.skyweb.net/~parsons/snmp-links.html

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