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APPENDIX A 212
SNMP Support
A.1 Overview
This section covers the following topics about SNMP support:
F-Secure Management Agent with SNMP Agent
Installing F-Secure Management Agent with SNMP support
F-Secure Management Agent Management Information Base
(MIB)
SNMP traps sent by F-Secure Management Agent
Network Manager Software Add-ons
SNMP support is currently implemented for all versions of Windows NT,
including Windows 2000 and Windows XP.
A.1.1 SNMP Support for F-Secure Management Agent
Windows NT
The NT version of SNMP support for F-Secure Management Agent
implements the Windows NT master agent as a service. Windows
Sockets has to be installed with TCP/IP or IPX/SPX, since the SNMP
service uses Windows Sockets for network communication.
The master agent is an extensible SNMP agent, which allows it to service
additional MIBs. The NT SNMP agent itself does not contain
instrumentation for any MIBs. Instead, it is responsible for retrieving
SNMP requests for the NT workstation or server and for passing these
requests on to the appropriate modules for resolution.
The F-Secure SNMP Management Extension is a Windows NT SNMP
extension agent, which is loaded and unloaded with the master agent.
The SNMP service normally starts on NT start-up so the extension agent
is always loaded. The NT master agent hosts the extensions and passes
the requests to the Management Agent, which is responsible for returning
the request to the management console that made it. The F-Secure
SNMP Management Extension may be loaded even if no other modules