Preface; Intended Audience - Compaq TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Programming And Reference Manual

The Compaq TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS product is the Compaq
implementation of the TCP/IP networking protocol suite and internet services
for OpenVMS Alpha and OpenVMS VAX systems.
A layered software product, TCP/IP Services provides a comprehensive suite
of functions and applications that support industry-standard protocols for
heterogeneous network communications and resource sharing.
This manual describes the features of the Simple Network Managment Protocol
(SNMP) provided with TCP/IP Services. It also describes the extensible SNMP
(eSNMP) application programming interface (API) and development environment.
See the Compaq TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Installation and Configuration
manual for information about installing, configuring, and starting this product.

Intended Audience

This manual is for experienced OpenVMS and UNIX system managers and
assumes a working knowledge of TCP/IP networking, TCP/IP terminology, and
some familiarity with the TCP/IP Services product.
Document Structure
This manual contains the following chapters:
• Chapter 1 describes the implementation of eSNMP provided with Compaq
TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS.
• Chapter 2 describes the groups and objects implemented with the Host
Resources MIB and MIB II that are provided with the eSNMP software.
• Chapter 3 describes how to use the eSNMP API to create a MIB subagent to
manage entities or applications.
• Chapter 4 describes the trap sender, trap receiver, and MIB browser utilities
provided with TCP/IP Services.
• Chapter 5 provides reference information about the eSNMP API routines.
• Chapter 6 describes some troubleshooting aids provided with TCP/IP Services.

Preface

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