Chapter 68. SNMP PROTOCOL MESSAGING AND MESSAGE FORMATS
As we saw extensively in the previous chapter, the communication of management information is accomplished through the exchange of Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) messages that contain protocol data units (PDUs). Like the messages of most TCP/IP protocols, these PDUs are designed to use a particular field format, and are created, addressed, and transported according to specific protocol rules. SNMP messages include fields that control the operation of the protocol, and they carry a payload of management information in the form of management information base (MIB) objects.
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