User Guide

Section 7: Setting Up - UNIX
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Using SNMP for Remote Monitoring
You may use SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) for
remote monitoring of the AXIS 540/640. All major functions
applicable to print servers are supported.
General Information SNMP actually refers to a set of standards for network management,
including a protocol, a database structure specification, and a set of
data objects. The AXIS 540/640 SNMP implementation runs in the
TCP/IP environment.
The actual management is handled by an NMS (Network
Management System) software running on a host on your network.
The NMS software communicates with network devices by the means
of messages, which are references to one or more objects.
A message can be a question or an instruction to a device, or an alarm
triggered by a specific event in a device. Objects are contained in data
bases called MIBs (Management Information Base), where MIB-II is a
standard database.
The AXIS 540/640 supports all relevant parts of MIB-II. It also
includes a private enterprise MIB. The AXIS MIB is described later in
this section.