SNMP – DEMYSTIFIED

The term “SNMP” gets thrown around a lot when you start talking about Network Management and everyone seems to know that it’s an integral part of the Monitoring process.

But really, how does Simple Network Management Protocol help you manage your Network?

Well, basically Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is the motherboard of your Network Monitoring solution. Nothing can happen without it.

Without SNMP information won’t be collected from or configured from any network devices such as servers, printers, hubs, switches and routers on your IP network. You’ll find you’re limited in how you communicate with your network – and as I’m sure your girlfriends/wives have told you time and time again – communication is the key to a working relationship.

By using SNMP, you can monitor network performance, audit network usage, detect network faults or inappropriate access, and in some cases configure remote devices. SNMP is designed to be deployed on the largest possible number of network devices, to have minimal impact on the managed nodes, to have minimal transport requirements, and to continue working when most other network applications fail.

So with this in mind, it shouldn’t surprise you to know that powerful SNMP capabilities are absolutely central to WhatsUp Gold Network Management Software. And in addition to its dynamic monitoring tools, WhatsUp Gold provides you with a complete set of web-based SNMP network tools to simplify configuration and management: SNMP MIB Explorer; SNMP MIB Manager; SNMP MIB Walker; AutoMIB; and Customizable SNMP monitors.