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Essential SNMP, Second Edition

By Douglas Mauro, Kevin Schmidt
Second Edition September 2005
Pages: 460
ISBN 10: 0-596-00840-6 | ISBN 13: 9780596008406

Book description

This practical introduction to Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) offers improved coverage of version 3 of the protocol, plus much more information on SNMP scripting and programming. Learn how to install, configure, and use SNMP, so you can more easily manage your network. Includes five new chapters and a host of real examples.
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Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) provides a "simple" set of operations that allows you to more easily monitor and manage network devices like routers, switches, servers, printers, and more. The information you can monitor with SNMP is wide-ranging--from standard items, like the amount of traffic flowing into an interface, to far more esoteric items, like the air temperature inside a router. In spite of its name, though, SNMP is not especially simple to learn.

O'Reilly has answered the call for help with a practical introduction that shows how to install, configure, and manage SNMP. Written for network and system administrators, the book introduces the basics of SNMP and then offers a technical background on how to use it effectively. Essential SNMP explores both commercial and open source packages, and elements like OIDs, MIBs, community strings, and traps are covered in depth. The book contains five new chapters and various updates throughout. Other new topics include:

Expanded coverage of SNMPv1, SNMPv2, and SNMPv3
Expanded coverage of SNMPc
The concepts behind network management and change management
RRDTool and Cricket
The use of scripts for a variety of tasks
How Java can be used to create SNMP applications
Net-SNMP's Perl module

The bulk of the book is devoted to discussing, with real examples, how to use SNMP for system and network administration tasks. Administrators will come away with ideas for writing scripts to help them manage their networks, create managed objects, and extend the operation of SNMP agents.

Once demystified, SNMP is much more accessible. If you're looking for a way to more easily manage your network, look no further than Essential SNMP, 2nd Edition.

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Media reviews "Essential SNMP gives you the system administrator's perspective on SNMP: what it is, and, more importantly, practical examples of how to integrate SNMP into the administrator's toolset. If you need to know about user activity, errant core files, misbehaving printers, SNMP will do all the heavy lifting for you. Essential SNMP gives you the power to harness SNMP without breaking into a sweat."
--Dr. Marshall T. Rose, former Network Management Area Director of the IETF

"Finally, a practical book on SNMP and network management that does not simply regurgitate the standards. Essential SNMP is a must-read for any network and system administrator or anyone who actually has to use SNMP to monitor and troubleshoot networks, systems, and applications. A copy of this book should be kept right alongside any NMS."
--Robert Krupczak, PhD, Founder, Empire Technologies, and Chief Scientist, the Krupczak Organization

"This is definitely the book I would most recommend to anyone using SNMP for network management. It truly covers the essentials--from concepts through tools, applications, examples, and extensibility to fit particular needs."
--Dr. Robert Minch, Professor, Boise State University

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