RFC 2573 (rfc2573) - Page 1 of 72
SNMP Applications
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Network Working Group D. Levi
Request for Comments: 2573 SNMP Research, Inc.
Obsoletes: 2273 P. Meyer
Category: Standards Track Secure Computing Corporation
B. Stewart
Cisco Systems
April 1999
SNMP Applications
Status of this Memo
This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1999). All Rights Reserved.
Abstract
This memo describes five types of SNMP applications which make use of
an SNMP engine as described in [RFC 2571]. The types of application
described are Command Generators, Command Responders, Notification
Originators, Notification Receivers, and Proxy Forwarders.
This memo also defines MIB modules for specifying targets of
management operations, for notification filtering, and for proxy
forwarding.
Table Of Contents
1 Overview ..................................................... 2
1.1 Command Generator Applications ............................. 3
1.2 Command Responder Applications ............................. 3
1.3 Notification Originator Applications ....................... 3
1.4 Notification Receiver Applications ......................... 3
1.5 Proxy Forwarder Applications ............................... 4
2 Management Targets ........................................... 5
3 Elements Of Procedure ........................................ 6
3.1 Command Generator Applications ............................. 6
3.2 Command Responder Applications ............................. 9
3.3 Notification Originator Applications ....................... 14
3.4 Notification Receiver Applications ......................... 17
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