SNMP Training

Course Description

This training explains SNMP and its relation to other management standards.
Motivations for using and not using SNMP are given. The objectives of this course are to:

• Explain the function of a network management protocol and describe the different approaches available.
• Examine the history and development of SNMP, including the three SNMP versions
• Explain the concepts of a Management Information Base (MIB)
• Explain how the SNMP protocol works.
• Explain the Structure of Management Information and how to read definitions.

Material

• Have a look at the student slides.
• Are you already a SNMP guru? Try the quiz. Or do you want to pass the Ductus qualification after the training. You may get a t-shirt ;)
• Check the labs.

Parts of the course are illustrated by demonstrations.

All parts of the course contains student labs.

We use tools from HP, MG-SOFT and SimpleSoft to perform labs and demonstrations.

Target Groups

The SNMP course is targeted at those who want an overview of features and architecture of SNMP.

• System Developers and testers, both management systems and managed systems
• Product Managers, to understand how SNMP can be used in systems
• Project Managers, to understand how SNMP affects a development project

Prerequisites

The students should have general knowledge in following areas:

• Network Management
• TCP/IP

Contents

Depending on your needs the training is adopted based on the following possible components:

• Network Management Overview
        an overview of network managent technologies and requirements.
• SNMP Overview
        an overview of SNMP and its history
• MIB and SMI
        what is a MIB?
• SMIv1
        understanding and writing MIBs in version 1 syntax
• SNMPv1 protocol
        an overview of the protocol features and structure
• Protocol details
  • The nitty-gritty protocol details in order to understand real problems, using sniffers, BER oding etc
• SMIv2
       understanding and writing MIBs in version 2 syntax
• SNMPv2 protocol
• SNMP Version 3
        an overview of the framework,  security and access control features of version
• Managers and agents
        principles and rules for using/configuring/developing SNMP Agents and Managers
• Best practive writing SNMP MIBs
        guidelines for designing your enterprise MIBs
• Understanding SNMP Notifications
  • Focus on understanding and mapping traps.