Build your own SNMP Monitoring Tool
SNMP is a protocol used widely for monitoring and extracting status information of a working device. Using SNMP protocol, you can extract the present information about a certain device. It is widely used for monitoring network devices such as Routers. But, practically any device which supports SNMP protocol can be used. As an example consider a SNMP enabled network printer inside an organization. The Network admin can issue necessary commands to the SNMP enabled device to get the status of the printer to check the status of the printer to see whether it is working as it should. Furthermore, the SNMP enabled device can be configured to issue an alert once a condition is met. As an example, there may be a Network printer which can be configured to make an alert once the ink level drops below a certain level. The breadth of SNMP is determined by the capabilities embedded into the device itself. Another very useful scenario is where a JVM(Java Virtual Machine) can be SNMP enabled to be mon...