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Model 5399 Remote Access Concentrator Network Administrator’s Guide for UNIX
Book A
Chapter 2
Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMP)
T
his chapter describes the Simple Network Management Protocol
(SNMP) and the SNMP agent provided by the 5399 RAC. This chapter
includes the following sections:
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SNMP Protocol Overview
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Setting up the 5399 RAC for SNMP
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Standard MIB Support
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Parameters vs. Private Enterprise MIB
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5399 RAC Modem and Call Statistics.
SNMP Protocol Overview
SNMP is a heavily used management protocol. It operates over the User
Datagram Protocol (UDP), which is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite.
SNMP provides an easier and more efficient means of managing the 5399
RAC.
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The SNMP network management station or application can send
queries to the SNMP agents located in each 5399 RAC.
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Each SNMP agent collects information about its 5399 RAC and
provides that information to the Network Management Station.
The agent process acts as a server in a typical client-server
model.
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Management Information Bases (MIBs) located on the SNMP
Network Management Station describe the information that
comes from the agents.