Snmp Function - Fujitsu PRIMERGY 10/40GbE Connection Blade 18/8+2 Function Manual

2.27 SNMP Function

SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) is an IP management protocol to accumulate and manage the
information of IP layer and TCP layer level.
In the SNMP function, device for management is called as SNMP manager and device to be managed is called
as SNMP agent.
When the network is managed by SNMP function, managing side should support SNMP manager function and
the side to be managed should support SNMP agent function.
Operating condition and failure condition of the terminal on the network is uniformly managed by SNMP
manager function. The management information called as MIB (Management Information Base) is returned
for the request from SNMP manager by SNMP agent function.
The network is managed by SNMP function by using these two functions and by transmitting and receiving the
parameter defined in MIB within SNMP manager and SNMP agent.
SNMPv1, SNMPv2c and SNMPv3 are supported by this device. Moreover, standard MIB and Fujitsu extended
MIB are supported.
Hint
 MIB
In MIB, there is a standard MIB which is not related to the vendor of the device and device vendor specific
extended MIB. The standard MIB defined by RFC1213 is the virtual information area to
access the respective management object of the management node. In RFC, the management
information which should be attached by SNMP agent is defined. In the management information,
there is system information as SNMP node (system name and manager name etc.) and a statistical
information related to TCP/IP. However, the transmission path and HUB etc cannot be fully managed
in the items defined by RFC. Therefore, MIB is extended by matching the information of the various
protocols and vendor specific device of the each company. This is called as extended MIB.
MIB is defined in the ASN.1 (Abstract Syntax Notation) format. The extended MIB is managed by SNMP
manager by releasing that extended MIB at SNMP agent side. SNMP manager should define the
information of that extended MIB so that it is accumulated.
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