Simple Network Management Protocol

The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) provides facilities to manage and monitor network resources. SNMP consists of:

Important

Important

The switch does not reply to SNMP requests sent to the Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) virtual interface address; it does, however, reply to SNMP requests sent to the physical IP address.

An SNMP manager and agent communicate through the SNMP protocol. A manager sends queries and an agent responds; however, an agent initiates traps. Several types of packets transmit between SNMP managers and agents: