Short for Simple Network Management Protocol, a set of protocols for managing complex networks. The first versions of SNMP were developed in the early 80s. SNMP works by sending messages, called protocol data units (PDUs), to different parts of a network. SNMP-compliant devices, called agents, store data about themselves in Management Information Bases (MIBs) and return this data to the SNMP requesters.
Simple Times index of SNMP articles The Simple Times is a bi-monthly newsletter of Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) technology, comments, and events. The page provides links to issues which offer preferred technical articles, industry comments, and several featured columns.
SNMP Overview This article describes network management architectures, the structure of management information, MIBs, the SNMP protocol, and underlying communication protocols. Additionally, there is a collection of links to SNMP information on the Web.
SNMPLink.org This site provides links and informations
about SNMP and MIB.
