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Chapter 7 - MIB Structure and SNMP SNMP Overview
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SNMP Versions
The Mediatrix 1204 supports three versions of SNMP: SNMPv1, SNMPv2c and SNMPv3. SNMP defines a few
types of messages that are exchanged between the manager and agent.
SNMPv1 Messages
The following messages are specific to SNMPv1.
SNMPv2c Messages
There are a few flavours of SNMPv2, SNMPv2c being the most common. The following message is specific
to SNMPv2.
This message is sent from the manager to the agent.
Table 54: SNMPv1 Message Types
Operator Description
messages sent from the manager to the agent
get-request Get the value of one or more variables.
get-next-request Get the next variable after one or more specified variables.
set-request Set the value of one or more variables.
messages sent from the agent to the manager
get-response Return the value of one or more variables. This is the message returned by the agent to
the manager in response to the
get-request , get-next-request , and set-request
operators.
trap Notify the manager when something happens on the agent.
Table 55: SNMPv2 Message Type
Operator Description
get-bulk Uses BULK Requests to query for a tree of information about a network entity. A
variable put in command line specifies which portion of the object identifier space will
be searched using BULK Requests. All variables in the subtree below the given
variable are queried as a single request and their values presented to the user.