Professional Access Point

Administrator Guide

SNMP

The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is an Internet standard protocol that facilitates the monitoring and managing of network devices. SNMP lets you monitor events on your network through an SNMP software application.

The following sections describe how to configure SNMP on your network:

Understanding SNMP

Navigating to Simple Network Management Protocol

Enabling and Disabling Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

Updating Settings

Configuring Your Network Management System

Rebooting and Upgrading Your Access Point Using SNMP

Understanding SNMP

SNMP defines a standard for recording, storing, and sharing information about network devices. SNMP is a subset of Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) that facilitates network management, troubleshooting, and maintenance.

Key components of any SNMP-managed network are managed devices, SNMP agents, and a network management system. The agents, store data about their devices in Management Information Bases (MIBs) and return this data to the network management system when requested. Managed devices can be network nodes such as access point base stations, routers, switches, bridges, hubs, servers, or printers.

The Professional Access Point can function as an SNMP managed device for seamless integration into network management systems such as HP OpenView. The Professional Access Point supports the following SNMP MIBs:

Standard SNMP MIBs

SNMP v1 and v2 MIBs

IEEE802.11 MIB

Proprietary MIB

USR5453-PRODUCTS MIB—stores product identification information.

USR5453-SYSTEM MIB—facilitates system-level requests, such as reboot and upgrade.

USR5453-WIRELESS-CHAN MIB—maintains channel assignment information for access points in a cluster.

USR5453-WIRELESS-MIB—stores information about the wireless system, including peer statis- tics, beacon report, radio, and client statistics tables.

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