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Asanté SNMP MacAgent
Requirements
The requirements for the Asanté SNMP Agent are:
AsantéView In-Band Network Management Software
AsantéView is network management software used to manage Asanté intelli-
gent Ethernet hubs and bridges. It allows network managers to monitor
Ethernet networks using the SNMP protocol.
AsantéView provides detailed information about Macintoshes that have
Asanté’s SNMP MacAgent installed as well as information about other SNMP
devices on the network. The SNMP MacAgent can be accessed using Asanté-
View In-Band software. The term in-band means network management pack-
ets travel over the same wire as other network traffic.
Accessing Asanté MacAgent MIB
If you don’t have AsantéView, it is still possible to manage the SNMP
MacAgent. You must obtain Asanté’s SNMP MacAgent MIB, a text file avail-
able on Asanté’s FTP server via the Internet.
The file can be obtained from the /snmp directory using “anonymous” as the
log in to: ftp.asante.com. The SNMP MacAgent MIB text file is also available
via our Bulletin Board Service at (408) 432-1416.
Asanté SNMP MacAgent and the TCP/IP Protocol
The Asanté SNMP MacAgent loads into RAM when the Macintosh is turned
on. It uses the TCP/IP protocol, made available through MacTCP, as a trans-
port mechanism for the SNMP information.
When the Macintosh is polled by AsantéView or a Generic SNMP manage-
ment console, Asanté SNMP MacAgent forwards information about the Mac-
intosh’s network connection and other vital statistics.
Workstation Network Management Station
SNMP MacAgent
and AsantéView In-Band
or
MacTCP A generic SNMP Management console
with MIB compiler and/or MIB browser and
Asanté SNMP MacAgent MIB
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