SNMP functionsFP Web-Server V2.810 EN 169Chapter 19SNMP functions19.1 Overview of SNMP on the FP Web-ServerGeneral Information on SNMPSimple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a UDP-based networkprotocol. It is used mostly in network management systems to monitornetwork-attached devices for conditions that warrant administrativeattention. In typical SNMP use, one or more administrative computerscalled managers have the task of monitoring or managing a group of hostsor devices on a computer network. Each managed system executes, at alltimes, a software component called an agent which reports information viaSNMP to the manager.Essentially, SNMP agents expose management data on the managedsystems as variables. The protocol also permits active management tasks,such as modifying and applying a new configuration through remotemodification of these variables. The variables accessible via SNMP areorganized in hierarchies. These hierarchies and other metadata (such astype and description of the variable) are described by ManagementInformation Bases (MIBs).FP Web-Server implementationThe SNMP agent allows the SNMP manager to transfer data to and from FPWeb-Servers via Ethernet using SNMP version 1 and version 2c protocol.The FP Web-Server serves as an SNMP agent.SNMP version 3 is currently not supported.Commercially available SNMP manager tools can be configured to readvalues specified by their SNMP Object Identifiers (OIDs), which are definedin the MIB file (Management Information Base) of the target device. TheN o t e
