25 SNMP Configuration
25.1 SNMP Related Information
25.1.1 Overview
As the abbreviation of Simple Network Manger Protocol, SNMP has been a network
management standard (RFC1157) since the August, 1988. So far, the SNMP is supported
by many manufacturers and becomes the actual network management standard. It is
applicable to the situation of interconnecting multiple systems from different manufacturers.
The network administrator can use the SNMP to query the information, configure the
network, locate the failure and plan the capacity for the node on the network. The network
supervision and administration are the basic function of SNMP.
As a protocol in the application layer, the SNMP adopts the client machine/server mode,
including three parts as follows:
SNMP network manager
SNMP agent
MIB (management information base)
The SNMP network manager is a system to control and monitor the network using the
SNMP, and also referred to as NMS (Network Management System). HP OpenView,
CiscoView and CiscoWorks 2000 are the typical network management platforms running on
the NMS. D-Link has developed a suit of software (D-View) for network management for its
own network devices. These typical network management software are convenient to
monitor and manage the network devices.
The SNMP Agent is the software running on the managed devices. It receives, processes
and responds the messages of monitoring and controlling from the NMS, and also sends
some messages to the NMS.
The relation of the NMS and Agent can be indicated as follows:
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