Microsoft-Windows-SNMP-Agent-Service

The Microsoft-Windows-SNMP-Agent-Service component enables the computer to process Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) requests. The service receives the SNMP requests from the network, decodes them, and then dispatches them to the appropriate SNMP Extension agent.

The service is also responsible for sending traps on behalf of SNMP Extension agents, forwarding trap messages to the appropriate configured management systems.

If the service is stopped, then the computer cannot process SNMP requests. If this service is disabled, then any services that explicitly depend on it fail to start.

You can use this setting in core installations of Windows Server® 2008, by enabling SNMP-SC in the Windows Foundation package.

In This Section

Term Description

EnableAuthenticationTraps

Specifies whether to send an authentication trap when an unauthorized community or host requests information.

PermittedManagers

Specifies whether the computer accepts SNMP packets from any host or from only a set of hosts. If no permitted managers are specified, then the SNMP service accepts packets from any host.

RFC1156Agent

Specifies details about the computer.

TrapConfiguration

Specifies details about the trap configurations used by the computer.

ValidCommunities

Specifies the community names from which the computer running the SNMP service can handle requests for a management application, such as sending traps and accepting SNMP requests such as GET, SET, GETNEXT, and GETBULK.

Applies To

This component is available in the following Windows editions and architectures.

Windows Edition Windows for x86-based computers Windows for x64-based computers Windows for Itanium-based computers

Windows Vista® Business

x86

amd64

Not available

Windows Vista® Home Basic

x86

amd64

Not available

Windows Vista® Home Premium

x86

amd64

Not available

Windows Vista® Starter

x86

Not available

Not available

Windows Vista® Ultimate

x86

amd64

Not available

Windows Server® 2008 Datacenter

x86

amd64

Not available

Server Core installation option of Windows Server® 2008 Datacenter

x86

amd64

Not available

Windows Server® 2008 Enterprise

x86

amd64

ia64

Server Core installation option of Windows Server® 2008 Enterprise

x86

amd64

Not available

Windows Server® 2008 Standard

x86

amd64

Not available

Server Core installation option of Windows Server® 2008 Standard

x86

amd64

Not available

See Also

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