Simple Network Management Protocol: Network Management MR Sherrif Moussa Done By: Ronak S Aswaney, ID:0710229
Simple Network Management Protocol: Network Management MR Sherrif Moussa Done By: Ronak S Aswaney, ID:0710229
Simple Network Management Protocol: Network Management MR Sherrif Moussa Done By: Ronak S Aswaney, ID:0710229
Network Management
Mr Sherrif Moussa
Done By: Ronak S Aswaney, ID:0710229
Objectives
Understand what is a SNMP.
Know the components of a SNMP.
Understand the Interactions in a SNMP.
Understand how the SNMP protocol works.
Introduction
SNMP is a framework that provides facilities for managing and monitoring
network resources on the Internet.
Components of SNMP:
◦ SNMP agents
◦ SNMP managers
◦ Management Information Bases (MIBs)
SNMP agent
◦ SNMP protocol itself SNMP
manager
SNMP agent
SNMP
protocol
messages
SNMP agent
Components of SNMP
SNMP agent is software that runs on a piece of network equipment (host,
router, printer, or others) and that maintains information about its
configuration and current state in a database.
SNMP protocol is the application layer protocol used by SNMP agents and
managers to send and receive data.
Advantages of using SNMP
Standardized.
Universally supported.
Extendible.
Portable.
Allows distributed management access.
Lightweight protocol.
SNMP in The OSI Model
Interactions in SNMP
Management Station Managed System
Replies
Access
objects
Traps
Traps
Data
SNMP SNMP messages SNMP
UDP UDP
IP IP
IP Network
Traps
Traps are unrequested event reports that are sent to a management
system by an SNMP agent process.
When a trappable event occurs, a trap message is generated by the agent
and is sent to a trap destination (a specific, configured network address).
Many events can be configured to signal a trap, like a network cable fault,
failing NIC or Hard Drive, a “General Protection Fault”, or a power supply
failure.
Traps can also be throttled -- You can limit the number of traps sent per
second from the agent.
Traps have a priority associated with them -- Critical, Major, Minor,
Warning, Marginal, Informational, Normal, Unknown.
MIBS
A MIB specifies the managed objects.
MIB is a text file that describes managed objects using the syntax of ASN.1
(Abstract Syntax Notation 1).
When an SNMP manager requests an object, it sends the OID to the SNMP
agent.
Managed objects are organized in a tree-like hierarchy and the OIDs reflect
the structure of the hierarchy.
SNMP Protocol
SNMP manager and an SNMP agent communicate using the SNMP
protocol
◦ Generally: Manager sends queries and agent responds
◦ Exception: Traps are initiated by agent.
SNMP Protocol Cont.
Get-request. Requests the values of one or more objects.
SNMP provides many of the tools necessary to collect and analyze data to
enable system tuning for optimum performance and to identify when and
where future growth in the network is required.