Which component resides on a managed network and contains an SNMP agent?

• A. The router on a public network.
• B. A baseline device without SNMP.
• C. An SNMP manager.
• D. A managed device.

Answer: (D)

In SNMP, the agent runs on the device that you’re managing and collects status information from that device, responding to requests from the manager. The device that hosts this agent is called a managed device. So, the component that resides on the managed network and contains an SNMP agent is the managed device itself, such as a router, switch, or server that runs the SNMP agent to report its data to the management system. The manager is the separate control station that issues queries and receives data, not the device that holds the agent.