Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a network management standard widely used in TCP/IP networks and, more recently, with Internet Package Exchange (IPX) networks. Windows NT Server and Windows NT Workstation 4.0 include an SNMP service that allows Windows NT– based computers to be managed by using SNMP network management programs.
The information in this chapter is for the administrator who needs to understand SNMP and the SNMP-based service running under Windows NT 4.0.
This chapter begins with a review of basic SNMP concepts, and provides a glossary of the network management terms that are used throughout this chapter. The next two sections describe the SNMP network management standard and the Windows NT implementation of SNMP. The remaining sections in the chapter provide information about using and troubleshooting the SNMP service running under Windows NT. At the end of the chapter there is a list of reference materials that provide detailed information about SNMP, TCP/IP, and IPX.