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SNMP Operations

SNMP has the five operations defined in Table 21.

Table 21: SNMP Operations

SNMP Operation

Definition

Get

Allows the client to retrieve an object instance from the server.

GetNext

Allows the client to retrieve the next object instance from a table or list within a server.

GetBulk

Makes it easier to acquire large amounts of related information without initiating repeated GetNext operations. GetBulk is not available in SNMPv1.

Set

Allows the client to set values for the objects managed by the server.

Notification

Used by the server to asynchronously inform the client of some event. (Called a trap in SNMPv1.)


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