Ebook: Essential SNMP

This practical guide for system and network administrators explains basics of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). Focus is on practical issues, such as configuration of SNMP agents and network management stations, and configuring management software to react to traps sent by managed devices. This second edition includes numerous Perl scripts for automating management tasks. There is a new chapter on RRDtool and Cricket, and a new appendix on open source network management systems. The authors are software developers.