Basic HTML version of Foils prepared Dec. 6 98

Foil 8 SNMP (1)

From Introduction to Network Management Lectures at Xi'an Jaotong University -- Sept 1998. by Roman Markowski
1 SNMP - Simple Network Management Protocol
  • distributed management protocol
  • application layer protocol; part of TCP/IP suite
  • used for communication between network elements and management station
2 Two types of devices on a network:
  • network elements (computers, hubs, switches) - they are devices you need to manage; they run SNMP software, called "agents"
  • network management system (NMS) - view and control of network elements; runs OpenView (HP), NetView (IBM), ForeView, etc
in Table To:

© Northeast Parallel Architectures Center, Syracuse University, npac@npac.syr.edu

If you have any comments about this server, send e-mail to webmaster@npac.syr.edu.

Page produced by wwwfoil on Sun Dec 6 1998