SNMP is Simple Network Management Protocol. It is mainly used by servers to share their current information, and the channel by which the administrator can change the values.

While the protocol itself is very simple, the structure of programs that implement SNMP can be very complex.

SNMP protocol is implemented on the application layer in the networking model. This protocl is used as a way of gathering information.

It is used to create the array of multiple systems, the method of the querying information and the path for it are according to the standards.

SNMP Managers

SNMP manager is nothing but a computer that is used for polling the information from SNMP agent.

The management component in the SNMP is less complex as compared to the client configuration , because in this case we only requests data.

SNMP Agents

All the main work is done by the agents in the SNMP. They gether information about the local system and after that manipulation is been performed and stroing is been done in such a way so that this data can be queried updated easily whenever required.

SNMP Protocol Commands

• Get
• GetNext
• Set
• GetBulk
• Response
• Trap
• Inform