This section provides a brief introduction to
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).
What is SNMP?
The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a published,
open standard for network management. SNMP lets hardware and software
components on networks provide information to network administrators.
Purpose of the SNMP
Although the original purpose of the Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMP) was to let network administrators remotely manage
an Internet system, the design of SNMP lets network administrators
manage applications and systems.
The SNMP architecture
The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) architecture
includes four layers.