SNMP Flashcards
(8 cards)
1
Q
What are two kinds of devices in SNMP?
A
- Managed devices
- Network Management Station
2
Q
What are the three main functions of SNMP?
A
- Notify NMS in event of a failure
- Query devices for current status
- change config
3
Q
What are the two parts of an NMS?
A
SNMP Manager - software on NMS that interacts with managed devices
SNMP application - GUI for user
4
Q
What are the parts of the SNMP client?
A
SNMP agent - software that interacts with SNMP manager
MIB - structure that contains the variables managed by SNMP (each as an object id OID)
5
Q
Read Message
A
Get, GetNext, GetBulk
6
Q
Write Message
A
Set
7
Q
Notification
A
Trap, Inform
8
Q
What’s the difference between Trap and Inform messages?
A
Trap is considered unreliable as the manager does not send a respond message in response while it does for inform
