Oracle SNMP Support Reference Guide

Oracle Products Providing SNMP Support

This manual documents four Oracle products that provide SNMP support. These products are:

the Oracle7 Server

the Oracle Listener

the Oracle MultiProtocol Interchange

Oracle Names

Oracle7 Server

The Oracle7 Server is the relational database management system (RDBMS) developed and sold by Oracle Corporation. This RDBMS includes the database that stores information, as well as the server software that accesses and manipulates that information.

For more information about the Oracle7 Server, see Oracle7 Server Concepts.

Listener

The Listener is a protocol-independent application listener that receives connections on behalf of applications running over a variety of underlying protocols. The Listener is a component of SQL*Net, Oracle's remote data access product, enabling client/server and server/server communications across any network. It runs as a single process or task.

For more information about the Listener, see the manual Understanding SQL*Net.

Oracle MultiProtocol Interchange

The Oracle MultiProtocol Interchange is a product that provides application connectivity across multiple network protocols.

For more information about the Oracle MultiProtocol Interchange, see the MultiProtocol Interchange Administrator's Guide.

Oracle Names

Oracle Names is a product that provides a directory service, by making database address and database link information available to all nodes throughout the network.

For more information about Oracle Names, see the manual Oracle Names Administrator's Guide.