Configuring the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

Agents and management stations

Although there is no architectural reason that a system cannot have both types of functionality, most SNMP agents are found in dedicated routers and other specialized network equipment that is not capable of acting as a management station.

The SNMP package included with your SCO OpenServer system provides the functionality of both an agent and a management station. A system running the software can monitor other systems and be monitored as well.

NOTE: Third-party vendors provide software that operates using SCO SNMP and allows a system to function as a true management station with full graphics capabilities. Contact the vendor who supplied you with your SCO OpenServer system for more information on purchasing management station software.

Using the SCO OpenServer implementation, time-sharing systems and workstations can act both as an agent and as a management station.