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What is Simple Network Management Protocol?

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Question added by Faseeh Mohd koya , IT SUPPORT ENGINEER [L2] , Ministry of Sports and Youth
Date Posted: 2016/05/07
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Muhammad Ali Khan
by Muhammad Ali Khan , IT Networks and Support , Kimmco Isover - Alghanim / Saint-Gobain

SNMP is very simple, yet powerful protocol.  It has the ability to help you manage your network by:

  • Provide Read/Write abilities – for example you could use it to reset passwords remotely, or re-configure IP addresses.
  • Collect information on how much bandwidth is being used.
  • Collect error reports into a log, useful for troubleshooting and identifying trends.
  • Email an alert when your server is low on disk space.
  • Monitor your servers’ CPU and Memory use, alert when thresholds are exceeded.
  • Page or send an SMS text-message when a device fails.
  • Can perform active polling, i.e. Monitoring station asks devices for status every few minutes.
  • Passive SNMP – devices can send alerts to a monitoring station on error conditions.
  • etc.

Janil Janardhanan B
by Janil Janardhanan B , Procurement Assistant , WASCO COATINGS MIDDLE EAST QFZ LLC.

it is a popular protocol for network management. It is used for collecting information and configuring, network devices, such as servers, printers, hubs, switches, and routers on an Internet Protocol (IP) network.

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