{"id":6479,"date":"2012-10-25T14:20:25","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T14:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/network-management-protocol\/"},"modified":"2012-10-25T14:20:25","modified_gmt":"2012-10-25T14:20:25","slug":"network-management-protocol","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/11987\/network-management-protocol-nmp","title":{"rendered":"Network Management Protocol"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_network_management_protocol_mean\">What Does Network Management Protocol Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Network Management Protocol (NMP) is a suite of network protocols that define the processes, procedures and policies for managing, monitoring and maintaining a computer network. NMP conveys and manages the operations and communications performed on a computer network.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"techopedia_explains_network_management_protocol\">Techopedia Explains Network Management Protocol<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Network Management Protocol addresses a series of different tasks aimed at operating a network for optimal performance. It is generally used by a human network manager to evaluate and troubleshoot the network connection between a host and client device. When executed, these protocols provide information such as the status of a host and information about its availability, network latency, packet\/data loss, errors and other related information. The procedures and policies defined within NMP are equally applicable to all network-enabled computing devices such as switches, routers, computers and servers.<\/p>\n<p> Some of the popular network management protocols include Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Does Network Management Protocol Mean? Network Management Protocol (NMP) is a suite of network protocols that define the processes, procedures and policies for managing, monitoring and maintaining a computer network. NMP conveys and manages the operations and communications performed on a computer network. 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