3 Diagnostics Through SNMP Traps

Simple Network Management Program (SNMP) is a protocol for network management services. Even though network management software typically uses SNMP to query or control the state of network devices like routers and switches, SNMP can be used to manage almost any resource, like applications and databases. These devices or resources sometimes also generate asynchronous alerts called traps to inform the management systems of problems. TimesTen is enabled to generate such traps.

The following topics describe SNMP and traps in TimesTen: