HP SNMP/XL User's Guide (36922-90036)

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Introduction to HP SNMP/XL
Product Overview
Product Overview
HP SNMP/XL provides an industry standard network management
agent on the HP 3000/XL. This agent allows the HP 3000 to be
managed or to manage other objects in a multivendor environment.
HP SNMP/XL provides the HP 3000 with the Network Management
Stack and Object Management Services. These services allow the
HP 3000 to integrate network management applications that provide
fault, performance, and configuration solutions. By providing the Stack
and Object Management Services, the HP 3000 integrates into the
HP Network Management Architecture.
The Network Management Stack is the Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMP) as defined in RFC 1157. The SNMP stack implements
the Simple Network Management Protocol to allow internetworked
managers and agents to exchange network management information.
The purpose of the SNMP standard is to provide a protocol for
management of the Internet protocols such as TCP, IP, ICMP, and UDP.
The Object Management Services supports the Management
Information Base (MIB) as defined in RFC 1213, and various HP
private extensions to the MIB. See the following section titled
“Concepts and Definitions” as well as Appendix B , “Supported MIB
Objects,” for more information on the MIB.