Chapter 12 Snmp; About Snmp; Figure 12-1 Snmp Management Model - ZyXEL Communications Dimension ES-2008 User Manual

Dimension ES-2008 Ethernet Switch
Chapter 12
SNMP
This chapter explains SNMP in the web configurator.

12.1 About SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a protocol used for exchanging
management information between network devices. SNMP is a member of the TCP/IP
protocol suite. Your switch supports SNMP version one (SNMPv1). The next figure
illustrates an SNMP management operation.

Figure 12-1 SNMP Management Model

An SNMP managed network consists of two main components: agents and a manager.
An agent is a management software module that resides in a managed device. An agent
translates the local management information from the managed device into a form
compatible with SNMP. The manager is the console through which network
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