Essential SNMP
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Description
Without Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), network administrators might have to actually get out of their chairs and go see what's up with all of the network-connected equipment under their authority. Perish the thought. Essential SNMP explains how the management protocol works and how it's implemented by several operating systems and pieces of equipment. More importantly, this book shows its reader--who should be a network administrator who's familiar with the problems of running a distributed network--how SNMP can earn its place as a network administration tool. In other words, this book examines SNMP as a strategic resource as well as a technical phenomenon.Because it's oriented toward SNMP as a tool, much of the coverage in this book has to do with software that uses SNMP to provide network monitoring and control services. After a strengths-and-weaknesses overview of a number of SNMP packages, the authors use mainly HP OpenView, Castle Rock SNMPc, and Net-SNMP (the last in combination with Perl scripting) to demonstrate how SNMP works and how to take advantage of it. It's the scripting that really distinguishes this book from other SNMP books, by the way. It's integral to the authors' presentation, and the latter half of this book is packed with shell and Perl listings. --David Wall Topics covered: Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and its applicability as a network management tool. Details like object identifiers (OIDs), management information bases (MIBs), traps, and community strings are defined and explained. The configuration of SNMP agents is detailed for several software packages and operating systems, and the integration of SNMP and scripts (in shell languages and in Perl) is covered nicely.
Book Description
The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is an Internet-standard protocol for managing hosts on an IP network. Essential SNMP is a practical introduction to SNMP for system administrators. It starts with the basics: what SNMP is and how it works, along with some technical background to help administrators use it effectively--such things as how SNMP works and what OIDs, MIBs, community strings, and traps are. But the main focus of the book is on practical network administration: how to configure SNMP agents and network management stations, how to use SNMP to retrieve and modify variables on network devices, how to configure management software to react to traps sent by managed devices. Essential SNMP discusses a range of commercial and open source packages, including HP's OpenView, Castle Rock's SNMPc, the Net-SNMP tools, Simon Leinen's Perl SNMP support, and MRTG. The book covers all SNMP versions through SNMPv3.
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1 out of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Excellent SNMP intro for beginnersSaturday, February 26, 2005
I got HP OV NNM 7.5 started at work on a rush due to the need of increasing proactive response to the regular problems. This book, even based on old versions of the software I have in hand came up to be very straight to the point and was full of examples that aid me to realise how SNMP works. Even when you are a seasoned sysadmin/netadmin you happen to be off the road with topics of paramount importance such as SNMP. Don't be afraid of the age, this book is great for the price, and the authors made it big. Five stars...
7 out of 7 people found the following review helpful:
Excellent !Monday, September 29, 2003
I was transferred to Manage a networking group in my company knowing barely the basics about SNMP. This book was a fantastic tool for me! I rely on it heavily. This book has enabled me to take monitoring to the next level. The only problem I seem to have with the book is keeping it on my desk. All the network analysts constantly are using it. Thanks Doug and Kevin for allowing me to excel to a higher level.....
7 out of 8 people found the following review helpful:
Outstanding!Thursday, May 08, 2003
I came into this book knowing basically nothing about SNMP, and now I feel like an expert. The authors really know their stuff, and they convey it in a relaxed, personal manner that makes what could have been a dry subject entertaining as well as informative. Mauro and Schmidt have rich tech writing careers ahead of them. I couldn't recommend this book more strongly.
2 out of 36 people found the following review helpful:
Essentially UselessThursday, May 01, 2003
I got more out of reading the RFCs than I did this book.
6 out of 9 people found the following review helpful:
Excellent SNMP referenceWednesday, April 24, 2002
I personally know Douglas Mauro and can attest to his expertise on SNMP. Having worked with Doug on an HP OpenView project, I was impressed by his knowledge of SNMP and his skills on OpenViews collections, filters and maps.
SNMP is known by many and understood by few. Doug and Kevin have done an exceptional job of presenting this topic with vivid and useful examples. I have referred to this book many times in designing network management systems for clients.
I highly recommend this book to people leaning about networking (aka CCNA) to full fledge network engineers