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Chapter 15 Configuring SNMP 71
Chapter 15 Configuring SNMP
In This Chapter
This chapter describes how to configure the Digi One and PortServer TS 2/4 SNMP agent. It discusses the
following topics:
About SNMP and the Digi One/PortServer TS 2/4 Agent ............................................................71
Configuration Procedure: Web Interface.......................................................................................72
About SNMP and the Digi One and PortServer TS 2/4 Agent
This section introduces SNMP and network management in TCP/IP networks, and it describes the Digi One and
PortServer TS 2/4 agent. It discusses the following:
• Network management components
• The SNMP agent
•SNMP traps
• The Digi One and PortServer TS 2/4 agent’s MIB support
• The Digi One and PortServer TS 2/4 agent’s supported traps
Network Management Components
The TCP/IP network management architecture contains the following components:
• Managed nodes such as host systems, routers, terminal and communications servers (such as Digi One and
PortServer TS 2/4) and other network devices
• One or more network managers (also called network management stations), which are the points from which
the network is managed
• Agents that reside on managed nodes and retrieve management information and communicate this informa-
tion to network managers
• The network management protocol, SNMP, which governs the exchange of information between the nodes
and stations
• Management information, which is the database of information about managed objects. This database is
called the management information base (MIB).