SNMP

Simple 

Network

 Management 

Protocol

.The 

Internet

 standard 

protocol

 for 

network

 management software.Using 

SNMP

, programs called 

agent

 monitor various devices on the 

network

 (hubs, 

router

, 

bridge

, etc.).Another program collects the 

data

 from the 

agent

.The 

database

 created by the monitoring operations is called 

a

 management information base (MIB).This 

data

 is used to check if all devices on the 

network

 are operating properly.