AXIS 5470e/570/670e User’s Manual Section 11: Management & Configuration 193Using SNMPYou can use SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) forremotely monitoring and configuring of the AXIS 5470e/570/670e.All major functions for print servers are supported.General Information SNMP refers to a set of standards for network management, includinga protocol, a database structure specification, and a set of data objects.The AXIS 5470e/570/670e SNMP implementation runs in theTCP/IP environment.The management is handled by NMS (Network Management System)software running on a host on your network. The NMS softwarecommunicates with network devices by the means of messages, whichare references to one or more objects.A message can be a question or an instruction to a device, or an alarmtriggered by a specific event in a device. Objects are contained in databases called MIBs (Management Information Base), where MIB-II is astandard database.The AXIS 5470e/570/670e supports all relevant parts of MIB-II andalso includes a private enterprise MIB. Refer to The AXIS MIB, onpage 194.