Siemens 9410 Series User Manual page 85

Communications
Key terms
The meter in an SNMP system
SNMP trapping
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Term Definition
Agent Software resident on the managed device which interfaces between the
device and the NMS.
Managed device Your meter in the SNMP network.
Community name/string A text string that helps authenticate requests between the managed device
and the NMS.
Managed object Any parameter referenced in the MIB file.
MIB A management information base which organizes the OIDs in a hierarchical
tree.
NMS A network management station, manager or client that executes applications
to monitor and control devices. An NMS must have the standard and custom
MIB files and SNMP manager software.
OID An object identifier that uniquely identifies and labels a managed object in the
MIB.
Trap receiver An NMS that is configured to receive traps and whose IP address is an SNMP
trap destination.
Your meter is a managed device with an SNMP agent in an SNMP network.
A Trap receiver(s)
B SNMP agent (meter)
C NMS with SNMP manager software and MIB file installed
NOTE: The NMS computer can also function as a trap receiver.
SNMP trapping allows your meter's agent to notify the NMS of events with an
unsolicited SNMP message (a "trap" of the meter's alarm event).
You can enter up to four IP addresses for SNMP trap notification for generic and
enterprise-specific traps. For enterprise traps, you must also define the number of
events or maximum time delay before SNMP traps are sent to the NMS.
SNMP trapping is only supported on SNMP v2.
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