Prestige 1600 Universal Access Concentrator

Chapter 11

SNMP Configuration

This chapter explains how to configure SNMP.

11.1About SNMP

SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) is a protocol used for exchanging management information between network devices. SNMP is a member of TCP/IP protocol suite. Your Prestige 1600 supports SNMP agent functionality, which allows a manager station to manage and monitor the Prestige 1600 through the network. The Prestige 1600 supports SNMP version one (SNMPv1).

Keep in mind that SNMP is only available if TCP/IP is configured on your Prestige 1600.

The next figure illustrates an SNMP management operation.

Figure 11-1 SNMP Management Model

An SNMP managed network consists of two main components: agents and a manager.

An agent is a management software module that resides in a managed device (P1600). An agent translates the local management information from the managed device into a form compatible with SNMP. The manager is the console through which network administrators perform network management functions. It executes applications that control and monitor managed devices.

The managed devices contain object variables/managed objects that define each piece of information to be collected about a device. Examples of variables include such as number of packets received, node port status etc. A

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