| | SNMP - Simple Network Managment Protocol |
 | | SNMP is extensible, allowing vendors to easily add network managment functions to their existing products. |
 | | SNMP is based on the manager/agent model.SNMP is referred to as "simple" because the agent requires minimal software.Most of the processing power and the data storage resides on the managment system, while a complementary subset of those functions resides in the managed system. |
 | | SNMP assumes that the communication path is a connectionless communication subnetwork.In other words, no prearranged communication path is established prior to the transmission of data.As a result, SNMP makes no guarantees about the reliable delivery of the data.although in practice most messages get through, and those that don't can be retransmitted. |
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