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Professional Access Point
Administrator Guide
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SNMP
The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is an Internet standard protocol that facilitates the
monitoring and managing of network devices. SNMP lets you monitor events on your network through an
SNMP software application.
The following sections describe how to configure SNMP on your network:
• Understanding SNMP
• Navigating to Simple Network Management Protocol
• Enabling and Disabling Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
• Updating Settings
• Configuring Your Network Management System
• Rebooting and Upgrading Your Access Point Using SNMP
Understanding SNMP
SNMP defines a standard for recording, storing, and sharing information about network devices. SNMP is
a subset of
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol ( TCP/IP ) that facilitates network management,
troubleshooting, and maintenance.
Key components of any SNMP-managed network are managed devices, SNMP agents, and a network
management system. The agents, store data about their devices in
Management Information Bases
( MIB s) and return this data to the network management system when requested. Managed devices can be
network nodes such as access point base stations, routers, switches, bridges, hubs, servers, or printers.
The Professional Access Point can function as an SNMP managed device for seamless integration into
network management systems such as HP OpenView. The Professional Access Point supports the
following
SNMP MIB s:
• Standard SNMP MIBs
• SNMP v1 and v2 MIBs
• IEEE802.11 MIB
• Proprietary MIB
• USR5453-PRODUCTS MIB—stores product identification information.
• USR5453-SYSTEM MIB—facilitates system-level requests, such as reboot and upgrade.
• USR5453-WIRELESS-CHAN MIB—maintains channel assignment information for access points
in a cluster.
• USR5453-WIRELESS-MIB—stores information about the wireless system, including peer statis-
tics, beacon report, radio, and client statistics tables.