CHAPTER SUMMARY
This chapter discussed the Simple Network Management Protocol. This protocol provides a framework for monitoring and managing network objects present on different hosts from a central location. SNMP works in “agent management station” fashion. An SNMP agent resides on all hosts to be managed. The management station communicates with these agents to exchange management information.
Agents keep information in tabulated data structures known as Management Information Bases (MIBs). Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1) notation is used to defines MIB tables and objects. Each object is represented by an object identifier (OID). An OID is a sequence of numbers separated by dot characters.
The SNMP agent in Solaris is split into a master ...
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