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3.3.6 SNMP
Network devices are usually sparsely-located on a network. It is time-consuming for the
administrator to configure and manage these network devices on site. In addition, if these devices
are from different vendors, each of which provides a suite of independent management interfaces
(for example, different command line interfaces), the workload of configuring the devices in
batches is huge. In this situation, traditional manual configuration method has the deficiencies of
high cost and low efficiency. The network administrator can use the Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMP) to remotely configure and manage the devices and perform real-time monitoring
on them.
Figure 3-3-6 SNMP Topology
To run the SNMP protocol on a network, configure the NMS program on the management side
and SNMP agent on the managed devices.
By using SNMP:
The NMS can collect status information of the managed devices anytime and anywhere
through agents and remotely control these devices.
The agents can promptly report the current status and faults of managed devices to the NMS.
Currently, the SNMP agents support SNMPv1, SNMPv2c and SNMPv3. SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c
use community names for authentication; SNMPv3 uses user names and passwords for
authentication. Click "Service>>SNMP" menu to configure.
