Protocol Operations for Version 2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)
Jeffrey D. Case, K. McCloghrie, M. Rose, S. Waldbusser · 1996
Protocol Operations for Version 2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)Status of this Memo This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state and status of this protocol.Distribution of this memo is unlimited. IntroductionA management system contains: several (potentially many) nodes, each with a processing entity, termed an agent, which has access to management instrumentation; at least one management station; and, a management protocol, used to convey management information between the agents and management stations.Operations of the protocol are carried out under an administrative framework which defines authentication, authorization, access control, and privacy policies.Management stations execute management applications which monitor and control managed elements.Managed elements are devices such as hosts, routers, terminal servers, etc., which are monitored and controlled via access to their management information.Management information is viewed as a collection of managed objects, residing in a virtual information store, termed the Management Information Base (MIB).Collections of related objects are defined in MIB modules.These modules are written using a subset of OSI's Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1)[1], termed the Structure of Management Information (SMI) [2].SNMPv2 Working Group Standards Track [Page 1]