SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is, according to Wikipedia, "used in network management systems to monitor network-attached devices for conditions that warrant administrative attention."
TelcoBridges and SNMP
TelcoBridges currently offers very basic SNMP support (SNMP v1), and it is only supported in our family of blade hardware (TB640, TB16, TB8). Specifically, this is the ability to remotely poll or “GET” system variables known as Managed Objects, which are represented in files known as MIBs. TelcoBridges currently offers polling on a limited number of well-known MIBs (RTP, Sonet, Trunk etc.) as well as some proprietary MIBs (SW version, release, temperature sensors), etc.). However, SNMP 'traps' (i.e., alarms) are not supported in the current release; nor is the ability to 'SET' system variables (defined in SNMP v2).
At this time, there is no support at the level of Toolpack, which would provide support for the most recent products (TMG3200, TMP6400, etc.)
At this time (August 2009), TelcoBridges is actively investigating the possibility of implementing SNMP GET as well as alarms/traps at the level of Toolpack, which would allow us to more easily support new additions to the hardware family. TelcoBridges would provide a broader series of managed objects / MIBs that could be integrated with OAM&P tools such as HP OpenView or similar applications.
