Essential SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) provides a "simple" set of operations that allows you to more easily monitor and manage network devices like routers, switches, servers, printers, and more. The information you can monitor with SNMP is wide-ranging—from standard items, like the amount of traffic flowing into an interface, to far more esoteric items, like the air temperature inside a router. In spite of its name, though, SNMP is not especially simple to learn.\ O'Reilly has answered...
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This practical guide for system and network administrators explains basics of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). Focus is on practical issues, such as configuration of SNMP agents and network management stations, and configuring management software to react to traps sent by managed devices. This second edition includes numerous Perl scripts for automating management tasks. There is a new chapter on RRDtool and Cricket, and a new appendix on open source network management systems. The authors are software developers. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
1Introduction to SNMP and network management12SNMPv1 and SNMPv2193SNMPv3734NMS architectures855Configuring your NMS936Configuring SNMP agents1147Polling and setting1418Polling and thresholds1549Traps18210Extensible SNMP agents21411Adapting SNMP to fit your environment23512MRTG30113RRDtool and cricket31614Java and SNMP333AUsing input and output octets349BMore on OpenView's NNM357CNet-SNMP tools366DSNMP RFCs377ESNMP support for Perl384FNetwork management software395GOpen source monitoring software400HNetwork troubleshooting primer413
