Configuring Snmp; Table 55 Snmp Commands - ZyXEL Communications Version 1.03 User Manual

Chapter 13 System Configuration
An agent is a management software module that resides in a managed switch (your Ethernet
switch). An agent translates the local management information from the managed switch into a
form compatible with SNMP. The manager is the console through which network
administrators perform network management functions. It executes applications that control
and monitor managed devices.
The managed devices contain object variables/managed objects that define each piece of
information to be collected about a switch. Examples of variables include such as number of
packets received, node port status etc. A Management Information Base (MIB) is a collection
of managed objects. SNMP allows a manager and agents to communicate for the purpose of
accessing these objects.
SNMP itself is a simple request/response protocol based on the manager/agent model. The
manager issues a request and the agent returns responses using the following protocol
operations:

Table 55 SNMP Commands

COMMAND
Get
GetNext
Set
Trap
See the switch User's Guide for a list of supported traps.

13.2.1 Configuring SNMP

To open display the SNMP Config screen, right-click on a switch in the Device List Panel,
and click Configuration > System Configuration > SNMP Conf..
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DESCRIPTION
Allows the manager to retrieve an object variable from the agent.
Allows the manager to retrieve the next object variable from a table or list within an
agent. In SNMP, when a manager wants to retrieve all elements of a table from an
agent, it initiates a Get operation, followed by a series of GetNext operations.
Allows the manager to set values for object variables within an agent.
Used by the agent to inform the manager of some events.
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