Snmp Protocol; Management Architecture - GE 82-POE User Manual

Chapter 3: Switch Management
Figure 18: Login request window
Now you can configure the Switch by Telnet. The management interface is exactly
the same with RS-232 console management.

SNMP Protocol

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is the standard management protocol
for multi-vendor IP networks. SNMP supports transaction-based queries that allow
the protocol to format messages and to transmit information between reporting
devices and data-collection programs. SNMP runs on top of the User Datagram
Protocol (UDP), offering a connectionless-mode service.

Management Architecture

All of the management application modules use the same Messaging Application
Programming Interface (MAPI). By unifying management methods with a single MAPI,
configuration parameters set using one method (console port, for example) are
immediately displayable by the other management methods (for example, SNMP
agent of Web browser).
The management architecture of the switch adheres to the IEEE open standard. This
compliance assures customers that the Managed Switch is compatible with, and will
interoperate with other solutions that adhere to the same open standard.
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