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Network Management NIT2124 Semester 1 Block 4: Technical Report Technical Report Configuring SNMP with CISCO packet tracer By: Kris Chavez (s4591950)Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction 2 2.0 Disc... ussion 2 3.0 Results 4 4.0 Conclusion 11 5.0 Referencing 12 1.0 Introduction 1Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a protocol which allows the user to view how the network is managed/monitored. Currently there are 3 versions on SNMP; SNMPv1, SNMPv2/c and SNMPv3. In SNMP, there are two main factors in which the protocol follows, one being the Manager and the second Agent. A Manager is an application in which the manager receives and manages requests coming from the SNMP Agent, and an Agent is simply a software that detects traps messages (aka Alerts) which is sent to the manager. (“Agents, Managers, and Subagents” n.d.) These trap messages identify the possible risks that can occur in the user’s hardware and software, which is why SNMP is needed to manage the operations of the network. 2.0 Discussion For this project, the very first thing to do was to create a topolog [Show More]

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