3Com VCX V7111 VoIP SIP Gateways User Manual 103C HAPTER 7: D EVICE MANAGEMENTAll VCX V7111 Gateways have similar functionality except for the number ofchannels (the VCX V7111 24 FXS and 2FXS support only FXS), and all versionsare referred to collectively in this document as the VCX V7111.VCX V7111 FXS refers only to the 24FXS, 8FXS, 4FXS, and 2FXS Gateways.VCX V7111 FXO refers only to 8FXO and 4FXO Gateways.SNMP ManagementSNMP OverviewSNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) is a standard network-based client/server-based control protocol to manage devices in the network. The client program (called theNetwork Manager) makes connections to a server program, called the SNMP Agent. TheSNMP Agent, embedded on a remote network device, serves information to the NetworkManager regarding the device's status. The database used by the Agent to retrieveinformation, is referred to as the SNMP Management Information Base (MIB), and is astandard set of statistical and control values. Apart from the standard MIBs documented inIETF’s RFCs, SNMP additionally allows the usage of private MIBs, containing non-standardinformation set.Directives, issued by the network manager client to an SNMP Agent, consist of the identifiersof SNMP variables (referred to as MIB object identifiers or MIB variables) along withinstructions to either get the value for the identifier, or set the identifier to a new value.The definitions of MIB variables supported by a particular agent are incorporated indescriptor files, written in Abstract Syntax Notation (ASN.1) format, made available tonetwork management client programs so that they can become aware of MIB variables andtheir usage.The VCX V7111 contains an embedded SNMP Agent supporting both general network MIBs(such as the IP MIB), VoIP-specific MIBs (such as RTP) and a proprietary MIB (known alsoas 3Com MIB) enabling a deeper probe into the inter-working of the Gateway. All thesupported MIBs files are supplied as part of the release.