SNMP Explained for Monitoring Engineers | Beginner Guide for Network Monitoring
OpenText NOM Series – Part 1 SNMP Explained for Monitoring Engineers The Foundation of All Network Monitoring Part of the OpenText Network Operations Management Learning Series 👉 (Update later) View Complete Series Here: [Hub Page Link] Why Every Monitoring Engineer Must Understand SNMP Almost every enterprise monitoring tool — including OpenText NOM — depends on one core protocol: SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) Routers, switches, firewalls, printers, servers… They don’t “talk” to monitoring tools automatically. SNMP is the language they use. Without SNMP: Monitoring dashboards would be empty. What SNMP Actually Does SNMP allows a monitoring system to: Check if a device is alive Measure CPU & memory usage Monitor bandwidth utilization Detect failures Receive alerts from devices In simple terms: Monitoring tool asks → Device answers SNMP Communication Model 4 SNMP works using three components: 1️⃣ Manager The monitoring tool (Example: NOM / NNMi) 2️⃣ Agent Software runni...