Extreme Networks Switch Management; Snmp And Mibs - Extreme Networks Ridgeline Guide Manual

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Figure 1 illustrates the architecture of the Ridgeline software.
Figure 1: Ridgeline Software Architecture

Extreme Networks Switch Management

Ridgeline primarily uses the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) to monitor and manage the
devices in the network. The Ridgeline server periodically does a status poll of the devices it is managing
to determine if the devices are still accessible. It also does a full detailed poll of each device at longer
intervals. This interval for this less frequent detailed polling can be adjusted on each individual device.
The Ridgeline software also gives you the ability to gather device status at any time using the Update
devices option under the View menu.
To avoid the overhead of frequent device polling, the Ridgeline software also uses a mechanism called
SmartTraps to identify changes in Extreme device configuration. In addition, standard SNMP MIB-2
traps can be used to define alarms for a large variety of other conditions.

SNMP and MIBs

Ridgeline uses SNMP whenever possible to obtain information about the devices it is managing, and to
implement the configuration changes made through Ridgeline.
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