Chapter 8: Simple Network Management Protocol; Snmp Overview - Cisco WAP121 Administration Manual

Simple Network Management Protocol

SNMP Overview

Cisco Small Business WAP121 and WAP321 Wireless-N Access Point with PoE
This chapter describes how to configure the Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMP) to perform configuration and statistics gathering tasks.
It contains these topics:
• SNMP Overview
• General SNMP Settings
• SNMP Views
• SNMP Groups
• SNMP Users
• SNMP Targets
SNMP defines a standard for recording, storing, and sharing information about
network devices. SNMP facilitates network management, troubleshooting, and
maintenance.
The WAP device supports SNMP versions 1, 2, and 3. Unless specifically noted, all
configuration parameters apply to SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c only. Key components
of any SNMP-managed network are managed devices, SNMP agents, and a
management system. The agents store data about their devices in Management
Information Bases (MIBs) and return this data to the SNMP manager when
requested. Managed devices can be network nodes such as WAP devices,
routers, switches, bridges, hubs, servers, or printers.
The WAP device can function as an SNMP managed device for seamless
integration into network management systems.
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