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This chapter describes how to configure switch redundancy and SNMP settings.
6.1 SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol is a protocol used for exchanging management information between network devices. SNMP is a member of the TCP/IP protocol suite. Your NXC-8160 supports SNMP agent functionality, which allows a manager station to manage and monitor the NXC-8160 through the network. The NXC-8160 supports SNMP version one (SNMPv1). The next figure illustrates an SNMP management operation.
Figure 24 SNMP Management Model
An SNMP managed network consists of two main types of component: agents and a manager.
An agent is a management software module that resides in a managed device (the NXC-8160). 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.
