SNMP Configuration and Management Manual

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The NonStop SNMP Environment
This section explains how HP has implemented SNMP to facilitate management of its
HP NonStop systems by using SNMP-compliant applications known as managers.
SNMP originated in the Internet community in the late 1980s as a means for managing
TCP/IP and Ethernet networks. Because of its relative simplicity, SNMP has gained
widespread acceptance as a protocol for managing devices from multiple vendors on a
network. Today, many vendors offer SNMP-compliant applications that run on several
workstation platforms. These applications manage devices attached to various kinds of
networks when the devices are instrumented with SNMP-compliant software known as
SNMP agents.