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Chapter 18 Annex Manager and SNMP

SNMP Management Stations

Annex Manager runs on an SNMP Network Management Station, a
dedicated or shared network device that is the client in the client-server
model. The management station can run an application specifically written
for the Annex and its MIBs (e.g., Annex Manager), or a generic application
that communicates with other non-Bay Networks devices (e.g. SunNet
Manager,™ HP/OpenView,™ NetView for AIX™). The generic application
must include the definitions of the MIBs supported by the Annex.
Through Annex Manager, the management station sends the
, and commands to the Annex's SNMP agent to retrieve or modify
get-next set
information.

SNMP Agents

Annex software includes a process known as the SNMP agent. The agent
process acts as a server in a typical client-server model:
Annex Manager directs
agent.
The agent processes the command and returns a response
indicating the command's success or failure and returning the
requested data for the
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Annexes with Agents
SNMP Network Management
Station running Annex Manager
Figure 18-1. Network Configuration
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