Opengear's console servers and Orion NPM communicate using Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP),
management information bases (MIB), and traps (asynchronous alerts).
According to NAFEM, the Data Protocol Users Manual and the
management information bases provide a tool kit of voluntary standards that suppliers, systems integrators and customers can use to create various hardware and software solutions that make kitchen equipment interoperable.
The 9000 Series is FC-SW-2 standard compliant and supports Fibre Alliance
Management Information Bases (MIBs), ensuring the long-term protection of customer investments in SANs.
Because its vendor independent, Azzurri is no longer restricted by the availability of
management information bases (MIBs) and because it's scalable the system now grows with them."
Many products in CA's network management line do not deploy agents, but rather send out probes to devices and pull data from
management information bases (MIB) and syslogs on the device.