Previous Table of Contents Next Workshop Q&A Q How do I configure my SNMP agents to send traps to my SNMP management station? A You don't. SNMP broadcasts its traps, which will get to your management station. Q I've got three file and print servers, one intranet server, forty workstations, an Internet firewall, a DMZ, and a Web server on the outside. What type of network monitoring is right for me? A You said "monitoring," without saying "predict" or "resource," so my bet is that you're probably just interested in whether things are up or down, not in baselining or resource management. In particular, Web monitoring is accomplished just fine by polling. I'd invest a small amount of money in a polling solution and then plan to investigate an SNMP solution if polling isn't enough for your needs. From the size of your network, however, I'd guess that the polling will suit you just fine. Quiz 1. When you monitor a network, you're typically interested in what? A. Resource utilization B. Availability C. Neither A nor B D. Both A and B 2. True or false? Network polling packages, unlike SNMP solutions, typically provide you with a detailed picture of resource utilization and device statistics. 3. What is an SNMP trap? A. When a vendor entices you to spend too much money on an SNMP solution B. A network broadcast to a certain socket, caused by a problem on an SNMP agent C. A point-to-point communication between two management stations D. An event that occurs after a server's power goes off 4. What is RMON? A. An SNMP MIB B. A standard for the types of information a probe can supply to a management station C. Both A and B D. Neither A nor B 5. Good SNMP management stations, unlike service polling software, will allow you to what? A. Broadcast B. Baseline C. Brag D. None of the above 6. What are the advantages to using polling software? A. Cheap, quick setup, lets you know when things are down B. Cheap, quick setup, allows you to configure end stations C. SNMP compliant, quick setup, lets you know when things are down D. SNMP compliant, allows for baselining, allows you to configure end stations 7. True or false? Polling software, unlike an SNMP solution, probably doesn't require extensive research and reference checking before purchase and deployment. Answers to Quiz Questions 1. D 2. False (it's the other way around) 3. B (it's UDP socket 162, by the way) 4. C 5. B 6. A 7. True Previous Table of Contents Next