Ruijie RG-S2900G-E Series, Configuration Manual

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