SIMPLE NETWORK MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL (SNMP)
The Simple Network Management Protocol is a collection of management station(s) and network elements. The network elements run a piece of software, which is called the SNMP agent. Network elements may be simple hosts, servers, routers, bridges, or anything connected to a network. The SNMP agents that reside on the network elements communicate with one or more SNMP management stations to exchange information. The role of the SNMP agent is to collect network management information and pass it on to the management station when requested. It also can pass critical information to the management station asynchronously to report important events through a mechanism known as traps. If an SNMP management station ...
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