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Figure 1-1:
ExtremeWare Enterprise Manager software architecture
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ExtremeWare Enterprise Manager uses SNMP to monitor and manage the Summit
devices in the network. To avoid the overhead of frequent device polling, the
ExtremeWare Enterprise Manager uses a mechanism called SmartTraps to identify
changes in device status and configuration.
When a Summit switch is added to the ExtremeWare Enterprise Manager database, the
Enterprise Manager creates a set of SmartTraps rules that define what events (status and
configuration changes) the Enterprise Manager needs to know about. These rules are
downloaded into the Summit switch, and the Enterprise Manager is automatically
registered as a trap receiver. Subsequently, whenever a status or configuration change