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SBG5500 Series User’s Guide
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Network Management
12.1 Overview
This chapter describes the SBG’s Configuration > Network Management screens. Use this screens to
configure your SBG’s SNMP.
12.1.1 What You Can Do in This Chapter
Use the SNMP screen to configure the SBG’s SNMP settings ( Section 12.2 on page 212 )
12.2 The SNMP Screen
Simple Network Management Protocol is a protocol used for exchanging management information
between network devices. Your SBG supports SNMP agent functionality, which allows a manager station
to manage and monitor the SBG through the network. The SBG supports SNMP version one (SNMPv1)
and version two (SNMPv2c). The next figure illustrates an SNMP management operation.
Figure 152 SNMP Management Model
An SNMP managed network consists of two main types of component: agents and a manager.
An agent is a management software module that resides in a managed device (the SBG). An agent
translates the local management information from the managed device into a form compatible with
SNMP. The manager is the console through which network administrators perform network management
functions. It executes applications that control and monitor managed devices.