enables mgt station to retrieve object values from managed entity
SET
enables the management station to set object values in managed entity
TRAP
enables a managed entity to notify the management station of significant events
implemented
with "protocol
data units"
(PDUs)
3 parts to a PDU message
version
community
SNMP operation
security services provided
authentication service
Assure the destination
device that the SNMP
PDU does come from
the source from which
it claims to be
access control service
Limit the SNMP
operations that a
device can request
according to device's
identity
security mechanisms
authentication mechanism
community name
All PDUs from
mgt station must
contain the
community name
access mode mechanism
community profile
Each device stores a
community profile that
specifies which MIB
values and how those
values can be access by
an entity bearing the
associated community
name.