[KLUG Members] What is this snmp thing all about?

[Bill Katsma]

I did little bit of browsing on SNMP and I was surprised on what I saw.
Have I been oblivious to SNMP or are there just not a lot of people using
it?

What can snmp be used for?  Some examples of use would be great.

Where can I learn more? any good resources out there?

Any recomandations on a SNMP manager?  Comercially it seems HP Openview and
IBMs Tivoli is tops but what is availible out ther for Linux?

If I have a network of unix workstations/NT workstation is possible or
feasible to monitor the some o all of its resource? It would kind of be nice
to know when t is time to upgrade CPU/HD/Memory etc.

Thanks again