Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Practice Exam

What are the components of an SNMP managed network?

1. Managed device, Agent, Network Management Station

2. Router, Switch, Access Point

3. Client, Server, Gateway

4. Firewall, Load Balancer, Proxy

The correct answer is: Managed device, Agent, Network Management Station

In an SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) managed network, the components consist of a managed device, an agent, and a network management station. The managed device refers to the networked hardware that is being monitored and managed through SNMP, such as routers, switches, or servers. These devices contain SNMP agents that collect and store data on behalf of the device and make it available to the network management station. The agent is a software module that resides on the managed device. It acts as a bridge between the management information and the SNMP protocol, responding to requests from the network management station and sending alerts or traps when certain events occur on the device. The network management station (NMS) is the centralized system that collects data from the agents on managed devices, monitors their performance, and performs network management functions such as configuration, or fault detection. In contrast, the other choices provide examples of network equipment rather than the specific components of an SNMP architecture. For instance, routers and switches are managed devices but do not define the SNMP framework themselves. Client-server and firewall-load balancer-proxy architectures also focus on different aspects of networking, which don't align with the SNMP management model. Thus, the first set of components directly