What are SNMP, RMON and MIB?

SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) and RMON (Remote Monitoring) provide a means to monitor and manage your network. Each SNMP device maintains Management Information Bases (MIBs) containing information about the operation and configuration of the device. 

Each MIB contains a variety of information such as: 

  • Information about the switch as a system: name, description, physical location; 
  • VLAN 
  • IGMP 
  • statistics 
  • and much more 
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