SNMP in the Broadcast Plant

The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) was created as a means to monitor and control devices in an Internet Protocol (IP) network. SNMP is widely used in Information Technology (IT) environments and is becoming popular in broadcast equipment. This proposed paper and presentation seeks to provide a familiarity with the SNMP protocol fundamentals, commands, system components, and implementation of SNMP in the broadcast environment to provide a robust monitoring and notification alerting environment from IT devices to the transmitter.

Topics to be covered include the following:
– Introduction to the SNMP Protocol
– SNMP System Components
– Implementing SNMP in the Broadcast Plant Infrastructure
– Securing SNMP
– Summary/Conclusions

Wayne M. Pecena | Texas A&M University ? KAMU TV & FM | College Station, TX USA