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Asanté SNMP MacAgent
Overview
Asanté SNMP MacAgent provides hardware and software information from a
Macintosh to an Asanté network management station running AsantéView
Network Management Software. It works in conjunction with Apple’s
MacTCP software. The SNMP MacAgent is a system extension under System
7 and can be installed on any Macintosh on the network.
Asanté SNMP MacAgent is tailored for Asanté adapter cards; therefore, it pro-
vides more extensive SNMP object information than for non-Asanté cards.
Asanté SNMP MacAgent and MacTCP are included with your Asanté Installer
Disk.
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Note: MacTCP is Apple Computer’s TCP/IP software. It pro-
vides the transport mechanism for accessing the information
provided by the Asanté SNMP MacAgent.
TCP/IP Protocol Stack
TCP/IP refers to a collection of network protocols that support host to host
communication. The TCP/IP protocol family is an industry standard devel-
oped by the United States Department of Defense.
IP Addressing
To connect to an IP network you must obtain an IP address, which identifies
an individual node in a TCP/IP network. IP addresses can be officially
assigned by the Internet committee for world-wide access over the Internet,
or by your network administrator for communication over a local TCP/IP
network. It is the responsibility of the network administrator to assign IP
addresses. You must have an IP address before you install SNMP MacAgent
and MacTCP.
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