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7.3.9 Advanced SNMP Configuration
Figure 46 Advanced SNMP Configuration
What is SNMP?
The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a TCP/IP application layer protocol
that allows the exchange of management information between network devices. SNMP
enables you to manage network performance and troubleshoot and solve network
problems.
To manage a module, SNMP supports the set command, which instructs the agent to
change the data that manages the module.
To monitor a network element, SNMP supports
◦ the get command, which instructs the agent to send information about the
module to the manager in the NMS.
◦ traversal operations, which the manager uses to identify supported objects and to
format information about those objects into relational tables.
In a typical Canopy network, the manager issues these commands to the agents of more
than one module.
When a specified event occurs in the module, the agent initiates a trap, for which the
agent sends an unsolicited asynchronous message to the manager.
Note: The Powerline Modem supports RFC1213-MIB and WHISP-PLV-MODEM-MIB.