O'Reilly: Essential SNMP

In our experience almost any network, no matter how small, can benefit from using SNMP. If you're a Perl programmer, this book will give you some ideas about how to write scripts that use SNMP to help manage your network. If you're not a Perl user you can use many of the other tools we present, ranging from Net-SNMP (an open source collection of command-line tools) to Hewlett Packard's OpenView (a high-end, high-priced network-management platform).