Simple Network Management Protocol (Snmp); Snmp Protocol Overview - Nortel 5399 User Manual

Book A

SNMP Protocol Overview

Model 5399 Remote Access Concentrator Network Administrator's Guide for UNIX
Simple Network Management
T
his chapter describes the Simple Network Management Protocol
(SNMP) and the SNMP agent provided by the 5399 RAC. This chapter
includes the following sections:
• SNMP Protocol Overview
• Setting up the 5399 RAC for SNMP
• Standard MIB Support
• Parameters vs. Private Enterprise MIB
• 5399 RAC Modem and Call Statistics.
SNMP is a heavily used management protocol. It operates over the User
Datagram Protocol (UDP), which is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite.
SNMP provides an easier and more efficient means of managing the 5399
RAC.
• The SNMP network management station or application can send
queries to the SNMP agents located in each 5399 RAC.
• Each SNMP agent collects information about its 5399 RAC and
provides that information to the Network Management Station.
The agent process acts as a server in a typical client-server
model.
• Management Information Bases (MIBs) located on the SNMP
Network Management Station describe the information that
comes from the agents.
Chapter 2
Protocol (SNMP)
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