SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)

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What is SNMP? SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) is a Layer-7 protocol for collecting and organizing information about managed devices on IP networks and for modifying that information to change device behavior. It allows devices to communicate even if the devices are different hardware and run different software. There are two major types of devices in SNMP, they are Managed devices which are devices being managed using SNMP and Network Management Station (NMS) which could be a device or devices managing the managed devices. It could also be seen as the SNMP server.   Features of SNMP (Simple Network Management Read More …