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Monitoring Printers
Implementing Printer Management
Printer management includes the following tasks:
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Monitoring the status of network printers
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Responding to alarms
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Gathering statistics on printer operations
The three elements of network printer monitoring and management
are:
are:
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Agent/manager model
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The management information database (MIB)
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SNMP, the protocol used to get management information
Agent/Manager Model
The elements of a monitoring system, MIB and SNMP, are
implemented in an agent/manager model:
implemented in an agent/manager model:
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The MANAGER is a console, workstation, or server on working
hubs or routers which has a global knowledge of NICs and
printers.
hubs or routers which has a global knowledge of NICs and
printers.
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AGENTS are utilities that reside on devices, such as a NIC,
that respond through SNMP to management requests for
information. The information is stored in an MIB.
that respond through SNMP to management requests for
information. The information is stored in an MIB.