Guia De Implementación Snmp

How to Successfully Implement
SNMP In Your Network
A Practical, Step-by-Step Guide

• Learn The 5 Key Steps to SNMP Implementation...
• See How Controlled SNMP Migration and Protocol Mediation Can Modernize Your Network...
• Understand The 4 Most Common SNMP Pitfalls - And How To Avoid Them...

Version 4.0
Released June 3, 2008

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How This White Paper Will Help You
How much do you need to know about SNMP to implement SNMP alarm monitoring on your communications
network?
Fortunately, you don’t need to study SNMP on a theoreticallevel to make your implementation successful. But
there are some SNMP issues that are potential pitfalls, and you need to know how to avoid them.
This paper is a step-by-step guide to SNMP alarm monitoring implementation, focusing on the practical problems that can arise and how to solve them.

Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Preliminary Planning: Assess Your Existing Network Before You Budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Learn SNMP the Easy Way: Attend DPS Telecom Factory Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 3
Step One: Plan Your SNMP Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
All SNMP Is Not Equal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Step Two: Survey Your ExistingEquipment - What Do You Want to Monitor? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
DPS Telecom Remote Site Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Step Three: Survey Your Existing Data Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 7
What Equipment Can Be Mediated to SNMP? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Step Four: Collect MIB Files for Your Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Step Five: Plan Your Migration Budget . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Choose Your SNMP Manager With Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
How You Can Migrate to LAN, Without Killing Your Budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 11
How LAN Migration Works. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Potential Pitfall #1: High Costs of Migrating Remote Sites to LAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Potential Pitfall #2: High Costs of Replacing Non-SNMP Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Potential Pitfall #3: Losing Valuable Monitoring Capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
No-Risk, Custom Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Potential Pitfall #4: Manpower Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....