7. Conformance
In order to provide some basis for interoperability, this section specifies the minimum requirements that an SNMP implementation must meet in order to claim conformance to this RFC.
7.1. Agent Conformance
An SNMP agent must:
- accept
get,get-next, andsetrequests, and return aget-responsePDU. - support operation over UDP using the well-known port 161.
- implement the MIB defined in [5].
- generate
trapPDUs when appropriate, using the well-known port 162.
7.2. Management Station Conformance
A management station (manager) must:
- generate
get,get-next, andsetrequests. - accept
get-responsePDUs. - accept
trapPDUs at port 162.
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