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diff --git a/lib/snmp/doc/src/snmp_manager_netif.xml b/lib/snmp/doc/src/snmp_manager_netif.xml index 2738ca76c1..169e20d10b 100644 --- a/lib/snmp/doc/src/snmp_manager_netif.xml +++ b/lib/snmp/doc/src/snmp_manager_netif.xml @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ -<?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?> +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?> <!DOCTYPE chapter SYSTEM "chapter.dtd"> <chapter> <header> <copyright> - <year>2004</year><year>2009</year> + <year>2004</year><year>2012</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -35,31 +35,34 @@ <image file="snmp_manager_netif_1.gif"> <icaption>The Purpose of Manager Net if</icaption> </image> + <p>The Network Interface (Net if) process delivers SNMP PDUs to the - manager server, and receives SNMP PDUs from the manager server. - The most common behaviour of a Net if process is that is receives - request PDU from the manager server, encodes the PDU into bytes - and transmits the bytes onto the network to an agent. When the - reply from the agent is received by the Net if process, which it - decodes into an SNMP PDU, which it sends to the manager server. - </p> + manager server, and receives SNMP PDUs from the manager server. + The most common behaviour of a Net if process is that is receives + request PDU from the manager server, encodes the PDU into bytes + and transmits the bytes onto the network to an agent. When the + reply from the agent is received by the Net if process, which it + decodes into an SNMP PDU, which it sends to the manager server. </p> + <p>However, that simple behaviour can be modified in numerous - ways. For example, the Net if process can apply some kind of - encrypting/decrypting scheme on the bytes. - </p> - <p>It is also possible to write your own Net if process. The default - Net if process is implemented in the module <c>snmpm_net_if</c> and - it uses UDP as the transport protocol. - </p> - <p>This section describes how to write a Net if process. - </p> + ways. For example, the Net if process can apply some kind of + encrypting/decrypting scheme on the bytes. </p> + + <p>The snmp application provides two different modules, + <c>snmpm_net_if</c> (the default) and <c>snmpm_net_if_mt</c>, + both uses the UDP as the transport protocol. The difference + between the two modules is that the latter is "multi-threaded", + i.e. for each message/request a new process is created that + process the message/request and then exits. </p> + + <p>It is also possible to write your own Net if process, + this section describes how to write a Net if processdo that.</p> <section> <marker id="mandatory_functions"></marker> <title>Mandatory Functions</title> <p>A Net if process must implement the SNMP manager - <seealso marker="snmpm_network_interface">network interface behaviour</seealso>. - </p> + <seealso marker="snmpm_network_interface">network interface behaviour</seealso>. </p> </section> <section> |