ZyXEL Communications NXC8160 User Manual

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NXC-8160 User’s Guide
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This chapter describes how to configure switch redundancy and SNMP settings.  
6.1  SNMP   
Simple Network Management Protocol is a protocol used for exchanging management 
information between network devices. SNMP is a member of the TCP/IP protocol suite. Your 
NXC-8160 supports SNMP agent functionality, which allows a manager station to manage and 
monitor the NXC-8160 through the network. The NXC-8160 supports SNMP version one 
(SNMPv1). The next figure illustrates an SNMP management operation. 
Figure 24   SNMP Management Model
An SNMP managed network consists of two main types of component: agents and a manager. 
An agent is a management software module that resides in a managed device (the NXC-8160). 
An agent translates the local management information from the managed device into a form 
compatible with SNMP. The manager is the console through which network administrators 
perform network management functions. It executes applications that control and monitor 
managed devices.