Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) enables enterprise-wide management systems to manage heterogeneous software and hardware environments from a single management console.
The following sections describe the contents and organization of this guide—WebLogic SNMP Management Guide.
This document is a resource for systems administrators who use SNMP to monitor WebLogic Server.
The topics in this document describe the SNMP capabilities of WebLogic Server. The Administration Console Online Help provides specific, task-related information on configuring SNMP services in a WebLogic Server domain.
It is assumed that the reader is familiar with SNMP and general network management concepts. For background information on SNMP, refer to the documents listed in Related Documentation.
This document is organized as follows:
For step-by-step instructions on configuring SNMP services in a WebLogic Server domain, see “” in the Administration Console Online Help.
For information on other technologies for monitoring WebLogic Server, see the following documents:
For background information on SNMP, seeand .
This release of WebLogic Server supports the following SNMP standards:
Release 10.0 introduces several important changes to WebLogic Server SNMP services:
In the SNMPv3 protocol, both SNMP agent and manager must encode identical credentials in their PDUs for the communication to succeed. For additional security and flexibility, WebLogic Server SNMP agents map SNMP credentials to a WebLogic Server user. The WebLogic Server security realm authenticates the user and authorizes access to monitoring data in the domain.