The Network Management facility provides comprehensive management of system networks through the use of Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) enabling network hosts to exchange management information. SNMP is an internetworking protocol designed for use with TCP/IP-based internets. The following sections provide information to assist the network manager in understanding and working with SNMP:
When AIX 5.2 is installed, the SNMPv3 non-encryptd version will be installed by default and will be started at system boot time. If you had your own communities, traps, and smux entries configured in your /etc/snmpd.conf file, you will need to migrate those manually to the /etc/snmpdv3.conf file. For information on migrating the communities, see Migrate from SNMPv1 to SNMPv3.
You may also want to consult the information in SNMP Overview for Programmers in AIX 5L Version 5.2 Communications Programming Concepts.