C H A P T E; Configuring Snmp; About Snmp; Snmp Functional Overview - Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Configuration Manual

Configuring SNMP

This chapter describes how to configure the SNMP feature on Cisco NX-OS devices.
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About SNMP

The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is an application-layer protocol that provides a message
format for communication between SNMP managers and agents. SNMP provides a standardized framework
and a common language used for the monitoring and management of devices in a network.

SNMP Functional Overview

The SNMP framework consists of three parts:
• An SNMP manager—The system used to control and monitor the activities of network devices using
• An SNMP agent—The software component within the managed device that maintains the data for the
• A managed information base (MIB)—The collection of managed objects on the SNMP agent
About SNMP, page 109
Licensing Requirements for SNMP, page 115
Guidelines and Limitations for SNMP, page 115
Default Settings for SNMP, page 115
Configuring SNMP, page 116
Verifying SNMP Configuration, page 136
Configuration Examples for SNMP, page 137
Additional References, page 139
SNMP.
device and reports these data, as needed, to managing systems. The Cisco Nexus device supports the
agent and MIB. To enable the SNMP agent, you must define the relationship between the manager and
the agent.
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