The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) agent in Windows NT provides some programmatic access to the TCP/IP protocol stack and can be used to get information about the performance and usage of network components. The SNMP agent supports network management programs provided by Microsoft and third-party vendors. For more information about SNMP, see Chapter 11, "Using SNMP for Network Management," and Appendix C, "MIB Object Types for Windows NT." For information about installing and configuring SNMP, see Microsoft TCP/IP Help.