Network Management

The Network Management facility meets programming needs by managing system networks through the use of Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) by network hosts to exchange information.

The following topics are discussed in this chapter:

• Simple Network Management Protocol
• Management Information Base
• Terminology Related to Management Information Base Variables
• Working with Management Information Base Variables
• Management Information Base Database
• How a Manager Functions
• How an Agent Functions
• List of SNMP Agent Programming References
• SMUX Error Logging Subroutines Examples