Simple Network Management Protocol

Additional Resources

For more information about SNMP, see the following books:

Windows NT SNMP by J. D. Murray, 1998, Sebastopol: O'Reilly & Associates.
Understanding SNMP MIBs by D. Perkins and E. McGinnis, 1997, New York: Prentice Hall PTR.
The Simple Book: An Introduction to Management of TCP/IP-based Internets by M. T. Rose, 1994, New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc.
SNMP Versions 1 & 2: Simple Network Management Protocol Theory and Practice by M. Hein and D. Griffiths, 1995, New York: International Thomson Computer Press.
SNMP, SNMPv2 and CMIP: The Practical Guide to Network-Management Standards by W. Stallings, 1993, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company.
For additional information about the Windows 2000 implementation of SNMP, see the Microsoft TechNet link on the Web Resources page at http://windows.microsoft.com/windows2000/reskit/webresources.

The following RFCs relate to SNMP version 1:

RFC 1155: Structure and Identification of Management Information for TCP/IP-based Internets.
RFC 1157: Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).
RFC 1213: Management Information Base for Network Management of TCP/IP-based Internets. MIB-II.
RFC 1573: Evolution of the Interfaces Group of MIB-II.

The following RFCs relate to SNMP version 2:

RFC 1902: Structure of Management Information for Version 2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2).
RFC 1904: Conformance Statements for Version 2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2).
RFC 1905: Protocol Operations for Version 2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2).
RFC 1906: Transport Mappings for Version 2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2).
RFC 1907: Management Information Base for Version 2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2).
RFC 1908: Coexistence between Version 1 and Version 2 of the Internet-standard Network Management Framework.