Apple AppleTalk Service Manual

ABOUT APPLETALK ADMINISTRATION FOR MACINTOSH
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Your AppleTalk Administration product package provides all of the software and
documentation a network administrator needs to update Apple's networking software and
configure Macintosh computers so that they can be managed by an SNMP (Simple Network
Management Protocol) console.

This document provides an overview of the contents of your AppleTalk Administration
product. It includes

- an overview of MacSNMP

- a discussion of the administrator's role in setting up a network for SNMP management

- a list of the contents of the AppleTalk Administration product package

- instructions for installing the MacSNMP Admin application on your Macintosh computer

- information about the documents provided in the package
AppleTalk Administration is a member of the AppleTalk connectivity family of products,

which also includes

- AppleTalk Connection

- TCP/IP Connection

- AppleTalk Remote Access
Intended audience
This document is intended for the network administrator who will manage an AppleTalk

network and prepare Macintosh computers for network management by an SNMP console.
About MacSNMP
MacSNMP is Apple's implementation of SNMP, a unified standard for network management

developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) to address network management of
internets.

An SNMP network management system consists of software running on a computer known as the
console and SNMP agent software that is installed on each networked computer. The agent
software collects information -- called variables -- from the computer and, when
requested, relays this information to the console. Upon the console's request, the agent
can also make modifications to the management information.

MacSNMP provides the agent side of an SNMP network management system, allowing Macintosh
computers on multivendor networks to be managed by third-party SNMP consoles. MacSNMP is
transport-independent: management information can be transmitted and received using a
variety of protocols, including AppleTalk and TCP/IP.

The administrator's role
The network administrator uses the MacSNMP Admin software to configure SNMP agents for

installation on Macintosh computers. If a multi-user license has been purchased, the
administrator can distribute the configured MacSNMP software to Macintosh computer users
on the network.

Under the terms of the multi-user license, the administrator can duplicate the disks
provided in this package and distribute the copies to network users, or provide the
configured software for installation over a network.

If the administrator chooses, he or she can also provide network users with a copy of the
MacSNMP Client application, which provides users with some basic capabilities that can
aid the administrator in his or her management tasks, including importing communities and
sending messages.

!! IMPORTANT The multi-user license does not permit the copying and distribution of the
MacSNMP Admin application. !!

Your AppleTalk Administration package
Your AppleTalk Administration product package contains three disks, this overview

document, the AppleTalk Connection Installation and User's Guide, the MacSNMP
Administrator's Guide, Planning and Managing AppleTalk Networks, and a single-user
software license agreement.

AppleTalk Administration disk
The AppleTalk Administration disk contains

- MacSNMP Admin application for configuring SNMP agent software for use on Macintosh
computers

- Text copies of MIBs (Management Information Bases) supported by agents installed on
Macintosh computers on the network (Included are AppleTalk MIB, Macintosh System MIB, and
TCP/IP MIB-II. If the MIBs do not already exist on your console, they must be uploaded
and compiled on the console.)

- Read Me files, which provide additional information about the disk contents
The contents of the AppleTalk Administration disk are intended solely for use by the

network administrator. The contents are copied to the network administrator's hard disk
and should not distributed to network users. See the MacSNMP Administrator's Guide
provided in this product package for information on using the MacSNMP Admin application.

Network Software Installer disk
The Network Software Installer disk contains the installer script that installs the

latest versions of network software on your Macintosh computer. Network software includes

- the latest version of the AppleTalk protocol stack and network resources

- updated software drivers for LocalTalk, Ethernet, and Token Ring network connections
(The drivers support Apple's network interface cards.)

AppleTalk Connection disk
The AppleTalk Connection disk contains the installer script that installs SNMP software

on a networked Macintosh computer. The SNMP software provided on the disk includes

- SNMP Manager, which collects information from the individual SNMP agents and relays the
information to the console

- SNMP Macintosh Agent, which reports Macintosh system information to the
SNMP Manager

- SNMP AppleTalk Agent, which reports information about core AppleTalk protocols to the
SNMP Manager