Quo vadis, SNMP?

Because of the huge amount of devices on the market, supplied by various manufacturers, it was imperative to introduce a standard for monitoring. That is why IETF1 developed Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) towards the end of the 80s.

In this paper you will discover...

• ...why SNMP is still a standard protocol in monitoring today.

• ...the details on how SNMP works.
• ...which alternatives exist to SNMP.
• ...what the future holds for this monitoring protocol.