Configuring Snmp; Information About Snmp; Snmp Functional Overview - Cisco Nexus 3548 Configuration Manual

Configuring SNMP

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Information 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
Information About SNMP, page 117
Licensing Requirements for SNMP, page 121
Guidelines and Limitations for SNMP, page 121
Default SNMP Settings, page 122
Configuring SNMP, page 122
Disabling SNMP, page 133
Verifying the SNMP Configuration, page 133
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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