Simple Network Management Protocol overview

The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), a current working standard of the TCP/IP protocol suite, is used to transfer network management information among various elements of a network, regardless of their underlying architecture.

SNMP can be used with Message Networking to perform the following tasks:

• A network management station (NMS) can perform queries of system status information from Message Networking. SNMP is read-only in the Message Networking system, meaning that an NMS can query a Message Networking system for information, but cannot change that information.
• Message Networking can send alarm and resolution event notifications to specified NMSs.

Most SNMP information is accessed synchronously and on demand using get and set requests. In essence, SNMP uses a client/server relationship in which the NMS is the client and Message Networking is the server. Message Networking can communicate with one or more NMS asynchronously for alarm notification.

SNMP information is organized in a hierarchical tree. A Management Information Base (MIB) defines the structure of information in the hierarchical tree. Message Networking supports the standard Management Information Base (MIB-II) definition, as well as private Avaya MIBs that supports SNMP queries and alarm notification. See Simple Network Management Protocol MIBs for information on the MIBs used by Message Networking for SNMP.

Message Networking supports SNMP versions 1, 2c, and 3. Any monitoring software that is SNMP v1, SNMP v2c, or SNMP v3 compliant, including Avaya AIM software, can communicate with Message Networking.

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