Netscape NETSCAPE CONSOLE 6.0 - MANAGING SERVERS, Руководство пользователя

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Chapter 11
Using SNMP to Monitor Servers
You can use the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) to manage your
Netscape servers. This chapter explains how SNMP works and tells you how to set
it up on your network. The chapter contains the following sections:
• SNMP Basics
• Setting Up SNMP on UNIX
• Using a Proxy SNMP Agent on UNIX
• Reconfiguring a Native Agent on UNIX
• Starting the Master Agent on UNIX
• Enabling the Subagent on UNIX
• Using the Windows NT SNMP Service
SNMP Basics
SNMP is a protocol used to exchange data about network activity. It defines a
standard method of communication used to manage products from different
vendors. This standard allows administrators to remotely manage hardware and
software located across their network.
Each piece of controlled hardware and software is known as a managed device. A
managed device is anything that runs SNMP, such as a host, router, or Netscape
server.