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Introduction

Purpose Of The SNMP Component

The Simple Network Management Protocol is designed for managing networks running TCP/IP protocol suite. There are two types of entities which participate in network management - The managed entity called the Agent and the management entity called the Manager. These SNMP Beans implement the management entity part - SNMP Manager.

Though most beans can be part of both applications as well as applets, it should be noted that the SNMP Manager bean can work only as part of an application, and not in an applet due to security restrictions that apply to applets.

Refer to the section Domain Concepts for a detailed information on Simple Network Management Protocol.


tocWho Should Read This Guide

This document is intended to be used by application builders who would like to build Java applications which provide SNMP client functionality in their applications.

The application developer is expected to be familiar with the Java language and the JavaBeans architecture. The developer should be familiar with building applications by linking beans in an application builder tool. Familiarity with the functionality of SNMP would be advantageous, though not mandatory. No knowledge about the implementation of SNMP is required in order to use these beans.


tocHow To Use This Guide

Guide Organization

Introduction (this section) : introduces the user to the SNMP Bean. Provides information like the intended audience, guide organization and copyrights.

Description : provides an overview of the SNMP bean. It also gives detailed description of the SNMP main screen and its components.

Error Messages : briefly describes the possible error messages that occur while using the SNMP Bean.

Glossary : briefly explains some of the technical terms used in this guide.


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