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Essential SNMP, Second Edition, is a practical guide for system and network administrators using the Simple Network Management Protocol to manage their servers and routers. It starts with the basics of SNMP and how it works, covering technical elements such as OIDs, MIBs, community strings, and traps. More importantly, this book shows you how to use SNMP to keep track of what your network is doing. Essential SNMP focuses on practical system and network adminisa¬tration, how to configure SNMP agents and network management stations, how to use SNMP to retrieve and modify variables on network devices, and how to configure management software to react to traps sent by managed devices.
Now in its second edition, Essential SNMP has been thoroughly revised and expanded, and includes numerous Perl scripts to help you automate more of your management tasks. You`ll find scripts for service monitora¬ing techniques for SMTP, POP3, HTTP, and DNS, a Perl-based SNMP agent, switch port control, usage of the Cisco Ping MIB, a section on wireless access point (WAP) monitoring, and a brand-new chapter on Java and SNMP.
Essential SNMP is filled with practical examples of a variety of tools, from popular commercial products such as HP`s OpenView and Castle Rock`s SNMPc to a rich variety of open source tools. You`ll find a new chapa¬ter on RRDtool and Cricket, a new appendix on open source network management systems, and expanded coverage of SNMPv3. Essential SNMP is the book you need to get a handle on your network and manage it effectively.
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) provides a "simple" set of operations that allows you to more easily monitor and manage network devices like routers, switches, servers, printers, and more. The information you can monitor with SNMP is wide-ranging--from standard items, like the amount of traffic flowing into an interface, to far more esoteric items, like the air temperature inside a router. In spite of its name, though, SNMP is not especially simple to learn.
O`Reilly has answered the call for help with a practical introduction that shows how to install, configure, and manage SNMP. Written for network and system administrators, the book introduces the basics of SNMP and then offers a technical background on how to use it effectively. Essential SNMP explores both commercial and open source packages, and elements like OIDs, MIBs, community strings, and traps are covered in depth. The book contains five new chapters and various updates throughout. Other new topics include:
Expanded coverage of SNMPv1, SNMPv2, and SNMPv3
Expanded coverage of SNMPc
The concepts behind network management and change management
RRDTool and Cricket
The use of scripts for a variety of tasks
How Java can be used to create SNMP applications
Net-SNMP`s Perl module
The bulk of the book is devoted to discussing, with real examples, how to use SNMP for system and network administration tasks. Administrators will come away with ideas for writing scripts to help them manage their networks, create managed objects, and extend the operation of SNMP agents.
Once demystified, SNMP is much more accessible. If you`re looking for a way to more easily manage your network, look no further than Essential SNMP, 2nd Edition.
ISBN: 9788184042825
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