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Figure 130 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
Business Secure Router). 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.
The managed devices contain object variables and managed objects that define
each piece of information to be collected about a device. Examples of variables
include number of packets received and node port status. A Management
Information Base (MIB) is a collection of managed objects. SNMP allows a
manager and agents to communicate for the purpose of accessing these objects.
SNMP itself is a simple request and response protocol based on the manager and
agent model. The manager issues a request and the agent returns responses using
the following protocol operations:
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