6.3.1 INTRODUCTION
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6.3.1 INTRODUCTION
6.3.1 INTRODUCTION
The Internet community has recently put considerable effort
into the development of network management protocols. The
result has been a two-pronged approach [MGT:1, MGT:6]: the
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) [MGT:4] and the
Common Management Information Protocol over TCP (CMOT) [MGT:5].
In order to be managed using SNMP or CMOT, a host will need to
implement an appropriate management agent. An Internet host
SHOULD include an agent for either SNMP or CMOT.
Both SNMP and CMOT operate on a Management Information Base
(MIB) that defines a collection of management values. By
reading and setting these values, a remote application may
query and change the state of the managed system.
A standard MIB [MGT:3] has been defined for use by both
management protocols, using data types defined by the Structure
of Management Information (SMI) defined in [MGT:2]. Additional
MIB variables can be introduced under the "enterprises" and
"experimental" subtrees of the MIB naming space [MGT:2].
Every protocol module in the host SHOULD implement the relevant
MIB variables. A host SHOULD implement the MIB variables as
defined in the most recent standard MIB, and MAY implement
other MIB variables when appropriate and useful.
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