Simple Network Management Procotol (SNMP) is a network management protocol widely used in TCP/IP networks, and, more recently, with Internet Package Exchange (IPX) networks. This chapter assumes that you are familiar with network management and TCP/IP. For more information about these subjects, see the Windows NT Networking Guide and the books in the "Reference Materials" section at the end of this chapter.
SNMP communicates between a management program run by an administrator and the network management agent running on a host. SNMP defines the form and meaning of the messages exchanged, the representation of names and values in the messages, and administrative relationships among hosts being managed.
In this chapter the following terminology is used.
This chapter combines information from several earlier sources into a single location, and includes new material to tie the subject into a cohesive unit. It supersedes SNMP materials in the following sources:
This chapter also contains information from the following Windows NT Knowledge Base (KB) articles:
This chapter begins with a general discussion of SNMP and its implementation on Windows NT servers and workstations. The chapter continues with information on installing and configuring SNMP, using SNMP, and programming considerations for SNMP. The chapter concludes with a list of reference materials.