SNMP Protocol Overview
Annex Manager and SNMP
T
his chapter contains a description of the Simple Network
Management Protocol (SNMP) protocol and Annex Manager. It includes:
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SNMP Protocol Overview
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Setting up the Annex for SNMP
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Standard MIB Support
SNMP is a heavily used management protocol. It operates over the User
Datagram Protocol (UDP), which is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite.
Annex Manager provides the user interface that enables Network Managers to
access Annexes and their information.
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The SNMP protocol to send queries to the agents located in
each Annex.
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Agents located on the Annexes. Each agent collects
information about its Annex and provides that information to
the Network Management Station running Annex Manager.
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Management Information Bases (MIBs) located on the SNMP
Network Management Station. MIBs describe the information
that comes from the agents.
Chapter 18
Annex Manager uses:
Annex Manager User Guide
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