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sending messages, called protocol data units (PDUs), to
different parts of a network.
SNMP-compliant devices, called agents, store data about
themselves in Management Information Bases (MIBs) and
return this data to the SNMP requesters.
(Source: Webopedia)
SNMP Traps Notifications or Event Reports are occurrences of Events in a
Managed system, sent to a list of managers configured to
receive Events for that managed system. These Event Reports
are called Traps in SNMP. The Traps provide the value of one
or more instances of management information.
Any SNMP enabled Device generates Fault Reports (Traps)
that are defined in the MIB (which the SNMP Agent has
implemented).
The Trap Definition vary with the SNMP Version (which
defines the messaging format), but the information contained
in these are essentially identical. The major difference
between the two message formats is in identifying the events.
Stop Bit A bit which signals the end of a unit of transmission on a
serial line.A stop bit may be transmitted after the end of each
byte or character.
Subnet Mask A bit mask used to select bits from an Internet address for
subnet addressing. Also known as Address Mask.
SSH (Secure Shell) A protocol which permits secure remote access over a
network from one computer to another. SSH negotiates and
establishes an encrypted connection between an SSH client
and an SSH server.
STTY Set the options for a terminal device interface.
This command prints information about your terminal
settings. The information printed is the same as if you had
typed stty while interacting with a shell.
The stty utility sets or reports on terminal I/O characteristics
for the device that is its standard input. Without options or
operands specified, it reports the settings of certain