18.0 SNMP Support for NetIQ eDirectory

The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is the standard operations and maintenance protocol for the Internet for exchanging management information between the management console applications and managed devices. Management console application are application such as IBM Tivoli NetView or Solstice SunNet Manager. The managed devices includes hosts, routers, bridges, and hubs and also network applications like NetIQ eDirectory.

This chapter describes SNMP services for NetIQ eDirectory 8.8. It contains the following topics: