Title :
A SNMP group polling for the management traffic
Author :
Hwang, Kyo-Cheul ; Hong, Jong-Joon ; Lee, Kyoon-Ha
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Inha Univ., Inchon, South Korea
Abstract :
The SNMP (simple network management protocol) could halve the overhead of the network, if the number of the agent system which is managed by the management system is increased by the polling for the collection of network management information and the reply traffic for it. In this paper, the polling method used in SNMP is improved, and a group polling method is proposed. This can reduce the overhead of the network, in case the agent system is to be increased. The proposed method collects information by grouping agent systems, and have smaller reply latency time and communication overhead than the previous method. So if the number of agent system or the polling count is numerous, the proposed method is more efficient. As a result of the prototype test, the increment of the agent system can have a small variation of traffic and transmission delay time
Keywords :
computer network management; delays; local area networks; packet switching; telecommunication network management; telecommunication traffic; transport protocols; Ethernet; SNMP group polling; TCP/IP; agent system; communication overhead; group polling method; management system; management traffic; network management; network management information; network overhead reduction; polling count; polling method; polling packets; prototype test; reply latency time; reply packets; reply traffic; simple network management protocol; transmission delay time; Computer network management; Computer science; Delay; Electronic mail; Engineering management; Information management; Protocols; Prototypes; System testing; Telecommunication traffic;
Conference_Titel :
TENCON 99. Proceedings of the IEEE Region 10 Conference
Conference_Location :
Cheju Island
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5739-6
DOI :
10.1109/TENCON.1999.818538
