SNMP Flashcards
SNMP
Three key components of SNMP
Manager, Agent, NMS
What is a MIB
Management Information Base - Collection of information that is organized hierarchally.
What are SNMP traps
notifications
What are MIB Tables
grouped objects that contain multiple variables
SNMPv3 security features
Authentication, Privacy (Encryption), Authorization, Access Control
Difference between SNMPv1, v2, & v3.
SNMPv1 & v2 use community strings (unsecure). SNMPv3 uses SNMP users (secure).
Three parts that comprise SNMP
Manager, Agent, MIB
What is a managed device
Devices that contain SNMP agents and reside on a network. They collect and store information.
What is an agent
Software modules that contain local knowledge of management information
What is NMS
Network Management Software
Four Basic SNMP commands
Read, Write, Trap, Traversal Operations
What is a trap
An unsolicited message sent by an SNMP agent to an SNMP manager indicating that some event has occurred.
“Get” Operations
get-request, Get-next-request, get-response, get-bulk-request
Two types of managed objects
scalar & tubular | Scalar is a single object instance. Tubular objects define multiple related object instances.
