8    Simple Network Management Protocol

This chapter describes the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) implementation on a Tru64 UNIX system.

The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is the de facto industry standard for managing Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) networks. The protocol defines the role of a Network Management Station (NMS) and the SNMP Agent, allowing remote users on an NMS to monitor and manage TCP/IP network entities.

Note

Tru64 UNIX does not implement the NMS software.

Tru64 UNIX provides the snmpd daemon as the SNMP agent. This daemon is started at boot time. For information on how to set up and configure the snmpd daemon, see snmpd(8).

The operating system includes two SNMP subagents:

• os_mibs — Implements industry-standard management information base (MIB) support, including MIB II, the FDDI MIB, the Token Ring MIB, the Host Resources MIB, and an Ethernet-like Interfaces MIB. See os_mibs(8) for a list of the related RFCs and Appendix F for a description of the Host Resources MIB implementation.

• cpq_mibs — Implements MIBs that are specific to the Tru64 UNIX operating system. See os_mibs(8) for more information about these MIBs.

These subagents are started and stopped automatically in conjunction with the snmpd daemon. Together, they provide the SNMP data required by the Insight Manager daemon, insightd, for managing Tru64 UNIX systems via the web. For more information, see insightd(8) and insight_manager(5).

See the Network Programmer's Guide for information on registering applications with the SNMP agent.