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10 Network Managment2

The document discusses two fundamental protocols of network management: ICMP and SNMP. ICMP is primarily used for error messaging and connectivity checks, while SNMP allows for comprehensive data gathering from network devices. Additionally, it covers the Management Information Base (MIB) and the role of Telnet in accessing command-line interfaces of network devices.

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10 Network Managment2

The document discusses two fundamental protocols of network management: ICMP and SNMP. ICMP is primarily used for error messaging and connectivity checks, while SNMP allows for comprehensive data gathering from network devices. Additionally, it covers the Management Information Base (MIB) and the role of Telnet in accessing command-line interfaces of network devices.

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Network Management

Part -2-
The Fundamental Protocols of Network
Management
• Two fundamental protocols of network management
• Internet control message protocol (ICMP).
• Simple network management protocol (SNMP).
• These two protocols remain useful as core tools for troubleshooting and
managing a network.
• ICMP creates a low-level request and response that ensures core
connectivity between two network endpoints through its ping
command.
• SNMP goes a step further. It elevates that level of gathered data by
enabling devices to share their basic configuration and metrics.
Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
• One of the core Internet protocols in network management and administration.

• ICMP is used to send error messages .

• ICMP is a control protocol, meaning that it does not carry application data, but rather information about the status of
the network itself.

• One of the common ICMP utilities, Ping


• sends ICMP echo request packets and,
• tests the reachability or availability of a device or host on a network .

• Ping also measures the round-trip time for messages sent between the originating host and the destination.

• Ping is lightweight (small packets = fast results), low level (Typically handled by the NIC), very flexible, and has a near
zero impact on the network.
Simple Network Management Protocol
(SNMP)
• Enable the gathering of virtually any kind of data from a network device.
• Virtually every network device—and even many servers and applications—
have been made SNMP-aware.
• “Awareness” in this context means that the device is configured to receive and
respond to SNMP requests from a central Network Management Solution
(NMS).
• SNMP works by polling the MIB (Management Information Base) of an SNMP
enabled device to obtain information stored on the target device.
• An SNMP trap allows a network device to notify a network management
system (NMS) of an event through an SNMP message.
ICMP Vs. SNMP
• If it’s only availability or status information, then ICMP ping can be
effective.
• If more specific device performance data is required for monitoring,
then only SNMP can be used to query the device to get what’s
needed.
Management Information Base (MIB)
• A MIB is the collection of management information available on a
network device and contains Object Identifiers (OIDs).

• Each OID identifies a variable that can be read or set via SNMP.

• A MIB is a kind of a virtual database that can be queried using SNMP


to retrieve device information, and the OID is the location of the
specific data.
Telnet
• Telnet is considered one of the oldest protocols still in common use
today.
• Today’s use of the telnet command is primarily as a mechanism for
accessing a UNIX or Linux system’s command-line interface.
• In networking domains, telnet is also commonly used for connecting
to a network device’s command-line management interface.
• Telnet functionally operates as both a management protocol and a
data transfer protocol.

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