Standard for retrieving and transmitting management information (configuration, control, performance, monitoring etc). Information is formatted according to MIBs (Management Information Base).

SNMP is a popular management protocol defined by the Internet community for TCP/IP networks. It is a communication protocol for collecting information from devices on the network.

A de facto standard for managing network devices, including adapters, switches, routers, servers and workstations; garners information from various agents.

Originally designed for the Department of Defense network to support TCP/IP network management. It has been widely implemented to support the management of a broad range of network products and functions. SNMP is the IETF standard management protocol for TCP/IP networks.

Protocol for the administration of network devices.

Governs network management and the monitoring of network devices and functions.

A set of standards for communication with devices like routers, hubs, and switches connected to a TCP/IP network. SNMP is defined in RFC 1089

Network management protocol used almost exclusively in TCP/IP networks. SNMP provides a means to monitor and control network devices, and to manage configurations, statistics collection, performance, and security.

Simple Network Managed Protocol. Used in TCP/IP networks; a subprogram that monitors and controls network devices such as routers and hosts on a LAN or WAN; it enables users to troubleshoot, change/assign prot addresses, collect statistics, and manage configurations, performance, and security. Each device with an IP address is an agent, with the station/host/terminal monitoring agents on the network (called an SNMP Manager).

A very popular network monitoring and control protocol. Data is sent through SNMP agents, and in turn these agents return information defining what is obtainable from the device (hub, router, etc.) and what can be controlled (turned off, on, etc.).

Simple Network Management Protocol. Standard interface for exchanging network management info with for example a switch or router.

A high level standards-based protocol for network management, usually used in TCP/IP networks. An SNMP monitor controls and measures the activities of SNMP agents that are embedded in nodes and network devices on the network. SNMP relies on Management Information Bases (MIBs) embedded in the network resources to monitor and control the network's topology.

Simple Network Management Protocol. A protocol of the Internet reference model used for network management.

Simple Network Management Protocol. Protocol used to monitor routers and attached networks. Information on devices managed is defined and stored in the application's Management Information Base (MIB).

Simple Network Management Protocol. The Internet standard protocol developed to manage nodes on an IP network.

(Simple Network Management Protocol) - A standard management protocol used to provide a common means of managing network devices.

Simple Network Management Protocol. (1) An IP network management protocol that is used to monitor attached networks and routers. (2) A TCP/IP-based protocol for exchanging network management information and outlining the structure for communications among network devices.

Stands for "Simple Network Management Protocol." SNMP is used for exchanging ...

(Simple network management protocol). The SNMP (simple network management protocol) is used to pass network-management information in TCP/IP networks.

Simple Network Management Protocol. A network management protocol installed with TCP/IP and widely used on TCP/IP and Internet Package Exchange (IPX) networks. SNMP transports management information and commands between a management program run by an administrator and the network management agent running on a host. The SNMP agent sends status information to one or more hosts when the host requests it or when a significant event occurs.

An acronym for Simple Network Management Protocol.An IP-based application layer protocol which is the industry standard way that network devices communicate with network management systems

Stands for Simple Network Management Protocol. It is a network management protocol used for configuring and monitoring devices on IP networks.

SNMP is a protocol used to manage network devices, usually hubs and routers. It operates over UDP, which is part of TCP/IP. Devices that support SNMP send messages to a management console. The management console then stores these messages in the MIB (Management Information Base). SNMP is often used to get traffic reports on hubs and check network utilization on various devices.

(Simple Network Management Protocol) A protocol that provides a means to access and set configuration and runtime parameters of the router and terminal servers. See RFC 1155, RFC 1156, and RFC 1157.

Simple Network Management Protocol. An application-layer protocol that provides a message format for communication between SNMP managers and agents.

Simple Network Management Protocol. A management protocol based on TCP/IP and MID's.

Simple Network Management Protocol. A network management protocol for TCP/IP-based networks.

Abbreviation for Simple Network Management Protocol. SNMP, part of the original TCP/IP suite of protocols, provides the method by which information about different network devices, such as network servers or routers, is sent to a management application or other requestor. SNMP agents write, retrieve, and maintain system information in data structures called management information base (MIB) files.

Simple Network Management Protocol. A standard protocol that enables network management and monitoring via the Internet. Although it was developed originally for monitoring network components (such as router and switch), now it can control any object that can connect to the Internet (such as telecom equipment, home electronics, etc).

Simple Network Management Protocol. An Internet protocol that manages network hardware such as routers, switches, servers and clients from a single client on the network.

Simple Network Management Protocol. A standard protocol used to communicate management information for monitoring your network. See also Management Information Database (MIB).

Simple Network Management Protocol, a management protocol used on many networks, particularly TCP/IP. It defines the type, format, and retrieval of management information of nodes.

The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is part of the internet protocols which where defined ...

Simple Network Management Protocol The protocol used to extract the data monitoring and controlling the network activity from the MIB and pass it to the IS manager. SNMP 2 offers greater security and RMON support.

The simple network management protocol (SNMP) is a common communication protocol used to control network devices. For more information, see: http://www.whatis.com/snmp.htm.

Simple Network Management Protocol. A connectionless applications services protocol from the TCP/IP suite. It may also be used directly over Ethernet. SNMP provided the mechanism to retrieve MIB information from device agents. Three versions of SNMP are available v1, v2 and v3.

Simple Network Management Protocol. A standardized mechanism for remotely monitoring and managing network resources such as modems, access points, printers, computers, routers, etc.

(Simple Network Management Protocol). A most widespread protocol used for network management.

Simple Network Management Protocol. A protocol used by network hosts to exchange information used in the management of networks. SNMP network management is based on the client and server model. Each managed host runs a process called an agent. The agent is a server process that maintains the Management Information Base (MIB) database for the host.

A transmission protocol defined by the IAB in RFC1157 for TCP/IP-based network management, widely accepted as a de facto standard for LAN network management. SNMP is used to monitor IP gateways and their networks. It defines a set of variables that the gateway must keep and specifies that all operations on the gateway are a side-effect of fetching or storing to the data variables. It consists of three parts: structure of management information (SMI), Management Information Base (MIB) and the protocol itself. The SMI and MIB define and store the set of managed entities; SNMP itself conveys information to and from these entities. The public domain standard is based on the operational experience of TCP/IP internetworks within Darpa/NSFnet.

Simple Network Management Protocol. The current IETF standard protocol for managing devices on an TCP/IP network.

Simple Network Management Protocol. A network management protocol that collects and records management information from devices on a network and forwards the data to a centralized network management platform for later analysis.

Simple Network Management Protocol. A standard Internet protocol. It is commonly used to wire hubs.

Simple Network Management Protocol. A protocol for monitoring your network. The protocol is used by SNMP consoles and agents to communicate. In Windows NT, the SNMP service is used to get and set status information about a host on a TCP/IP network. See also Management Information Databases.

Simple Network Management Protocol. An application-level protocol used to monitor and perform basic configuration of network devices.

Simple Network Management Protocol A protocol used for communication between management consoles and network devices.

Simple Network Management Protocol. A standard for network management that uses a common software agent to manage local and wide area network equipment from different vendors; part of the Transmission Control Protocol/ Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) suite and defined in RFC 1157.

Simple Network Management Protocol. The network management protocol that defines the transfer of LAN operational data between Management Information Bases (MIBs).

Simple Network Management Protocol. SNMP monitors and controls network devices, statistics collection, performance, security and manages configurations.

Simple Network Management Protocol. This is THE standard used for switch management programs.

Simple Network Management Protocol. SNMP defines a set of commands that a management application uses to retrieve or change the values of items a management agent makes available.

Simple Network Management Protocol. A standard protocol that runs over an IP link to provide management of network type devices without performing continual polling.

An Internet standard protocol, designed for the management of nodes residing on an IP network.

Simple Network Management Protocol. The Internet's standard for remote monitoring and management of hosts, routers, and other nodes and devices on a network. A TCP/IP-derived protocol governing network management and monitoring network devices.

Simple Network Management Protocol A network management protocol designed to run on TCP/IP networks. Not so simple.

Simple Network Management Protocol, a protocol that allows management information about an object to be inspected or altered by SNMP management stations.

Simple Network Management Protocol is the Internet standard protocol for network management software. It monitors devices on the network, and gathers device performance data for management information (data)bases (" MIB").

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a network protocol that allows administrators to monitor server processes remotely on SNMP-compatible servers through the use of SNMP station software.

Designed for requesting, packaging, and sending management information over a network. SNMP provides a common set of rules for programmers writing network management programs.

Simple Network Management Protocol. A standard for gathering statistical data about network traffic and the behavior of network components; SNMP uses management information bases (MIBs), which define what information is available from any manageable network device.

Simple Network Management Protocol - The protocol governing network management and monitoring of network devices and their functions.

(Simple Network Management Protocol) A TCP/IP protocol for monitoring your network traffic.

Simple Network Management Protocol - Network management protocol used in TCP/IP networks. SNMP monitors and controls network devices, and manages configurations, statistics collection, performance and security.

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a set of standards for communication with devices connected to a TCP/IP network.

A network system framework designed to collect report information, configuration information, and performance data with the use of SNMP managers and agents. An agent is a device such as a hub, a router, or even a computer that has the capability to store SNMP data, such as information about whether the device is functioning properly. A manager is the device that retrieves SNMP data from the agent devices installed on the network.

Simple Network Management Protocol. A protocol that allows network management by elements, such as gateways, routers, and hosts. This protocol provides a means of communication between network elements regarding network resources.

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networking:(Simple Network Management Protocol) - Invented in the late 1980's to manage the Internet, it has become a de facto standard for network management. Although included by Apple in its TCP/IP and AppleTalk packages, real Mac implementations are just beginning to come into the marketplace.

Simple Network Management Protocol A communications protocol used for managing and controlling monitor devices on a network. SNMP is defined by RFC1157. The SNMP client side is used a management console, while the server side is called an agen t, which can reside on any TCP/IP device, such as a router, hub or host. Novell LAN is a DOS-based SNMP.

Simple Network Management Protocol - the protocol used for collecting statistics from network devices such as routers, hubs, switches, etc.

Simple Network Management Protocol. SNMP provides a mechanism for a centrally located management workstation to monitor the activity of remote computers and network services.

Simple Network Management Protocol. The de facto standard for switch management. A familiarity with MIB objects is necessary to manage a switch with an SNMP management program. SNMP is not necessarily limited to TCP/IP networks. See a tutorial on Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

(Simple Network Management Protocol) - protocol used for managing the devices in a network.

Simple Network Management Protocol. A protocol used to manage and monitor networks based on TCP/IP.

Simple Network Management Protocol. SNMP is 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 Network Management Protocol. A protocol which allows administrators to manage heterogeneous systems with a single administration interface.

Developed to manage nodes on an IP network, SNMP is an Internet standard protocol. It can be used to manage wiring hubs, video toasters, CD ROM jukeboxes, and many other devices. (7/96)

Simple Network Management Protocol. Part of the TCP/IP protocol suite. SNMP is used for management, monitoring and control of network. This has been known to have serious vulnerabilities, due to the lack of any sort of authentication or encryption of the traffic.

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is the protocol that governs network management and monitors network devices and their functions. SNMP is not only limited to TCP/IP networks.

Simple Network Management Protocol. The standard protocol for network management software. Using SNMP, programs called SNMP agents monitor devices on the network. Another program collects the data from the agents. The database created by the monitoring operations is called a management information base (MIB).

Simple Network Management Protocol. A widely used member of the TCP/IP suite of protocols designed to support remote management of network components and the gathering of alarm and event information.

Simple Network Management Protocol. One of the standard protocols used to communicate management information between manager and agents.

(Simple Network Management Protocol) A set of standards for communication with devices connected to a TCP/IP network. Examples of these devices include routers, hubs, and switches. A device is said to be "SNMP compatible" if it can be monitored and/or controlled using SNMP messages. SNMP messages are known as "PDU's" - Protocol Data Units. Devices that are SNMP compatible contain SNMP "agent" software to receive, send, and act upon SNMP messages. Software for managing devices via SNMP are available for every kind of commonly used computer and are often bundled along with the device they are designed to manage. Some SNMP software is designed to handle a wide variety of devices. See Also: Network, Router

(Simple Network Management Protocol) An application layer protocol used to monitor and communicate with remote hosts and routers.

The Internet standard protocol for managing nodes on an IP network.

Simple Network Management Protocol. The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) forms part of the Internet protocol suite as defined by the Internet Engineering Task Force. The protocol can support monitoring of network-attached devices for any conditions that warrant administrative attention.

Simple Network Management Protocol. Used to monitor and manage application processes running on the servers, by exchanging data about network activity.

Simple Network Management Protocol. Manages LANs. SNMP based software communicates with network devices with embedded SNMP agents. SNMP agents gather network activity and device status information, and send the information back to a workstation.

imple etwork angement rotocol A set of protocols for managing complex networks. SNMP works by sending messages called protocol data units (PDUs), to different parts of a network.

Simple Network Management Protocol. Sets up the rules for exchanging network information through messages (which contain variables with values). The following types of messages are defined: read, write and trap.

An IAB protocol designed to manage networking devices. With SNMP, a management station can configure a supported device (SET), request that the device send statistical, status, and configuration information (GET), and receive unsolicited alarms from the device (TRAP).

The network management protocol of choice for TCP/IP based intranets. Defines the method for obtaining information about network operating characteristics, change parameters for routers and gateways.

Simple Network Management Protocol. Network management protocol used on TCP/IP networks. A widely used protocol that provides a specification and formats for collecting network-management data. SNMP is an alternative to Common Management Information Protocol (CMIP). Several proposals for SNMP and CMIP coexistence have been posted to the Internet-drafts File Transfer Protocol (FTP) servers. However, the solution may come from the proposed enhancement to SNMP, called the Simple Management Protocol (SMP).

Simple Network Management Protocol. The Simple Network Management Protocol is the Internet's standard for remote monitoring and management of hosts, routers and other nodes and devices on a network.

Simple Network Management Protocol. A request-response protocol that collects management information from network devices and provides a way to set and monitor configuration parameters.

standard protocol used on most TCP/IP networks (and some others) to monitor and manage connected devices. It collects statistics, performs specific security operations, matches configurations, and attends to a host of performance-related tasks.

Simple Network Management Protocol. A network management (TCP/IP) protocol designed to give users the capability to remotely manage a computer network by polling and setting terminal values and monitoring network events. Information on devices managed is defined and stored in the application's Management Information Base (MIB).

Simple Network Management Protocol; an industry-standard protocol for communicating with devices on the network to retrieve information about them.

Simple Network Management Protocol; Protocol for the remote monitoring of networked services.

Simple Network Management Protocol. A protocol originally designed to be used in managing TCP/IP internets. SNMP is presently implemented on a wide range of computers and networking equipment and may be used to manage many aspects of network and endstation operation.

Simple Network Management Protocol. A standard one is defined by the IETF for the handling of the information management.

Simple Network Management Protocol is set of protocols for managing complex networks using agents and Management Information Bases (MIBs).

Simple Network Management Protocol A set of standards for communication with devices connected to a TCP/IP network. It is often used to communicate with hubs and switches.

Simple network management protocol. See X.400.

Simple Network Management Protocol A communications protocol used in the monitoring and management of communications devices and services. SNMP utilizes three basic request primitives: Set, Get, and Get-Next for configuration and performance information, and one asynchronous notification: Trap for alarm and status information. (Originally designed for TCP/IP.) Most popular SNMP software: SunNet Manager, HP OpenView and IBM NetView / 6000.

Simple Network Management Protocol, allows a TCP/IP host running an SNMP application to query other nodes for network-related statistics and error conditions. The other hosts, which provide SNMP agents, respond to these queries and allow a single host to gather network statistics from many other network nodes.

Simple Network Management Protocol. A communication protocol for managing objects on a network. LanSafe uses SNMP to communicate with UPSs on a network. For serial communications, see Serial Communication.

Simple Network Management Protocol. SNMP is a standard computer network protocol that enables different devices sharing the same network to communicate with each other

(Simple Network Management Protocol) Standard protocol for network based retrieval of information about system resources.

Simple Network Management Protocol (Status requiry and control of network devices)

simple network management protocol, a network management tool used in TCP/IP based networks that are used to manage the network equipment and processes.

Simple Network Management Protocol. Software and protocol used for managing networking components such as routers. SNMP enables different routers to be managed from one management application, such as HP OpenView.

Simple Network Management Protocol. Software used to control network communications devices using TCP/IP.

A specification that governs network device monitoring and management.

Simple Network Management Protocol: The SNMP (RFC 1157) is the Internet's standard for remote monitoring and management of hosts, routers, and other nodes and devices on a network.

(Simple Network Management Protocol) - A widely used network monitoring and control protocol.

or Simple Network Management Protocol - The network management protocol used with TCP/IP-based Internets.

Simple Network Management Protocol The application protocol offering network management service in the Internet suite of protocols. Abbreviation used for both SNMPv1 and SNMPv2.

Simple Network Management Protocol. For complete information, refer RFC 1067.

Simple Network Management Protocol. A standard interface that allows a network manager to remotely monitor and manage workstations.

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a protocol for managing, monitoring, and configuring network devices such as routers, switches, printers and some hosts. Data is accessed by providing "community strings" which are similar in use to passwords.

An Internet application layer protocol for transferring network management information in a network.

(Simple Network Management Protocol) This is the protocol used almost exclusively in TCP/IP networks providing the means to monitor and control network devices and to manage configurations, statistics collection, performance and security.

(Simple Network Management Protocol) - A set of standards for communicating with devices connected to a TCP/IP network, such as routers, hubs, and switches. Software for managing devices via SNMP is available for every kind of commonly used computer and is often bundled along with the device they are designed to manage. See Also: Network, Router, TCP/IP

Simple Network Management Protocol. A common agent based network monitoring and control protocol.

Simple Network Management Protocol. Protocol for exchanging information between network managers and "agents', processes within various managed objects that are able to report their status on request. The protocol was introduced as a simple interim solution, but is at present widely used in the Internet environment. It is a connection-less protocol, with the view of continuing to receive information from managed objects even when network performance is degraded and a connection-based reliable transport may fail.

Simple network Management Protocol. The network management protocol of choice for TCP/IP-based internets.

Simple Network Management Protocol. The Internet network management protocol. SNMP provides a means to monitor and set network configuration and runtime parameters.

Simple Network Management Protocol. A protocol used for network management and the monitoring SNMP-enabled devices. Requires that applicable agents and network ports be enabled. A number of SiteScope monitors use SNMP to retrieve system measurements.

(Simple Network Management Protocol) A set of standards for communication with devices connected to a TCP/IP network. Examples of these devices include routers, hubs, and switches. SNMP is defined in RFC 1089

Abbreviation for Simple Network Management Protocol, which is a protocol designed to manage nodes on an IP network. DRAC 4s are SNMP-managed devices (nodes).

(Simple Network Management Protocol) --A network management protocol for the exchange of information among network components. Network management applications use this information to provide network managers with views into network traffic for device configuration, troubleshooting, and network planning.

A communications protocol used to control and monitor devices on a network.

Simple Network Management Protocol. A protocol used to help network managers locate and correct problems in a TCP/IP network. Also the software programs used to monitor and manage hosts on the network. SNMP treats the network as a collection of cooperative, communicating entities.

Simple Network Management Protocol now widely used. The network management protocol of the TCP/IP protocol suite.

Simple Network Management Protocoi. A standard network protocol that enables devices to be remotely managed. A piece of software known an "SNMP Agent" is embedded in the device and provides access to systems administrators who use enterprise management tools running on servers. With SNMP, administrators can query the state of a ThinClient device, change its configuration, or even instruct it to shut itself down.

SNMP, or Simple Network Management Protocol, allows for the exchange of management information between devices on a network. SNMP support in a switch or other networking device, such as a D-Link’s business-class access point, allows it to be monitored from a management station.

Simple Network Management Protocol. A protocol governing network management and device handling.

Simple Network Management Protocol lets administrators efficiently manage, monitor and maintain local or remote TCP/IP-based computer networks. A host receiving an SNMP trap must be configured so it can respond to the trap.

Simple Network Management Protocol. This is a series of industry agreement on how to report on the status of network devices and to report errors that are occurring.

Simple Network Management Protocol. A request-reply protocol.

Simple Network Management Protocol. One of several application development protocols that are useful for transmitting data across networks. SNMP has become highly popularized as the most used management protocol for Internet communications. It allows the OSS to query and obtain configuration and status information from cable data network devices.

Simple Network Management Protocol (also see TCP/IP).

Simple Network Management Protocol, the de facto standard application layer protocol for remote management of networked devices.

Simple network management protocol. A protocol used to manage the network activity of different devices.

Simple Network Management Protocol. A network protocol used to manage TCP/IP networks. In Windows, the SNMP service is used to provide status information about a host on a TCP/IP network. See also: agent; protocol; service; Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)

Simple Network Management Protocol. SNMP exists as the application protocol that offers network management and service within the Internet suite of protocols. It is a structure for transmitting information and formatting messages between reporting devices (agents) and also data collection programs. It was developed jointly by the Department of Defense, by industry and also the academic community. It was part of the TCP/IP protocol suite; this was ratified as an Internet standard in the Request for (Comment (RFC) 1098.

See: Simple Network Management Protocol Socket

Simple Network Management Protocol. An application layer protocol which facilities the exchange of management information between network devices. It is part of the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) protocol suite. SNMP enables network administrators to manage network performance, find and solve network problems, and plan for network growth. (Cisco)

An application-level protocol used over TCP/IP to manage network performance and communicate information between network devices. Opto 22's SNAP PAC brains and controllers can use SNMP to communicate data to network management software such as Computer Associates' Unicenter(R) and IBM's Tivoli(R).

Simple network management protocol. A TCP/IP protocol. A means of checking network devices for proper operation.

A standard low-level protocol that is used to monitor and manage nodes on a network. SNMP consists of agent software, which runs on the managed device, and manager software, which resides on a central system that polls the agents. SNMP is an alternative to CMIP.

Simple Network Management Protocol protocol used to broadcast database status information to a management console like HP OpenView or IBM NetView.

Simple Network Management Protocol. Commonly used protocol that is used for network management.

This acronym means Simple Network Management Protocol, and refers to the protocols that use ports 161/UDP and 162/UDP. SNMP is described in a number of RFCs, the most recent being RFCs 1901 thru 1908.