SNMP Service

Purpose

The Microsoft® Windows® 2000 implementation of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a service that supports computers running TCP/IP and IPX protocols. You can use SNMP to configure remote devices, monitor network performance, audit network usage, and detect network faults or inappropriate access.

Where Applicable

SNMP uses a distributed architecture consisting of management applications and agent applications. The SNMP service implements an SNMP agent. To use the information the SNMP service provides, you must have at least one host that is running an SNMP management application. You can use third-party SNMP management software, or you can develop your own SNMP management software application. Windows 2000 provides the following APIs for this purpose:

• SNMP Management API, a set of functions that can be used to quickly develop basic SNMP management systems
  
  
• WinSNMP API, version 2.0, a set of functions for encoding, decoding, sending, and receiving SNMP messages in the Windows 2000 operating environment

Additionally, the SNMP Extension Agent API defines the interface between the SNMP service and third-party SNMP extension agent DLLs. The SNMP Utility API functions can be used to simplify the processing of SNMP messages.

Developer Audience

The APIs listed in the preceding section are designed for use by C/C++ programmers. Familiarity with SNMP and SNMPv2C, as well as a working knowledge of networking and network management concepts, are required.

Run-time Requirements

Requires Windows NT® or Windows 2000; also runs on Windows 95 and Windows 98 clients. For information about the operating system required to use a particular function, see the Requirements section of the reference page for that function. Applications that use the WinSNMP API require Windows 2000.

See Also

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)

Network Management

Remote Access Service

Routing and Remote Access Service

Overviews

General information about SNMP and the WinSNMP API.

Reference

Documentation for the following:

Microsoft's SNMP Extension Agent, Management, and Utility APIs

WinSNMP API

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