Key Terms
Review the following list of key terms:
Agent— The SNMP software loaded on to a host that can read the MIB and respond to a monitor with the desired results. Agents have the capability to transmit unsolicited messages to the monitor when significant abnormal events occur.
Management Information Base (MIB)— A hierarchical address space used by SNMP monitors and agents. Specific parameters within the MIB are located by using dotted notation from the top of the MIB structure down to the MIB address you want.
Network management console— A workstation running network management software that is used to monitor, maintain, and configure a large distributed network.
Network monitor— Another name for a network management console.
Probe— Another ...
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