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12    Simple Network Management Protocol Agent

This chapter describes the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) implementation on a Digital UNIX system.

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12.1    The SNMP Environment

The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is the de facto industry standard for managing Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) networks. The protocol defines the role of a Network Management Station (NMS) and the SNMP Agent, allowing remote users on an NMS to monitor and manage TCP/IP network entities.

Note

Digital UNIX does not implement the NMS software.

Digital UNIX provides the snmpd daemon as the SNMP agent. This daemon is started at boot time. For information on how to set up and configure the snmpd daemon, see snmp_manual_setup(7) and snmpd(8).

See Appendix H for a description of the Host Resources MIB implementation.

See Network Programmer's Guide for information on registering applications with the SNMP agent.