Spectrum Brands 72A-196BAREM Series - Manual (Page 20)

Installation and Operation Manual
SCI P/N: 72A-196BAREM Series
72A-190BQREM Series
Date: 6/02/2008 20
27-0027-0111
Networking Functions
Simple Network
Management
Protocol (SNMP)
An SNMP-managed network consists of three key components:
1. Managed devices
2. Agents
3. Network Management Systems (NMSs)
A managed device is a network node that contains an SNMP agent and
that resides on a managed network. Managed devices collect and store
management information and make this information available to NMSs
using SNMP. Managed devices, sometimes called network elements, can
be any type of network based device including this PDU.
The agent running in this PDU has local knowledge of measurement
information and translates that information into a form compatible with
SNMP.
An Network Manager system executes applications that monitor and con-
trol managed devices. One or more NMSs may exist on any managed
network.
The model on the following page illustrates the basic elements of an
SNMP-managed network.
NMS
User
Interface
Network
Managment
Application
Managed
Device
Managed
Device
Managed
Device
Agent Agent Agent
MIB MIB MIB
SNMP SNMP SNMP
SNMP-Managed Network