Simple Network Management Protokoll (SNMP)

The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is used to monitor, control and manage network elements. The network devices can be router, switches, computer or printer with a network management system (NMS). The SNMP is used to get an easier way for the communication of network devices to exchange information.This is done through agents and managers which are using push-and pull-communication. The manager, like software on a computer, requests information from the agent at regular intervals. The Agent is usually a software on the monitored hardware and sends back a response. The Agent is getting the information from the MIB management information base, which is the database. The Agent also reports error messages to the manager. After that, the manager reports the error messages forward to the administrator.