Definition

Common Management Information Protocol (CMIP)

Common Management Information Protocol (CMIP) is a network management protocol built on the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) communication model. The related Common Management Information Services (CMIS) defines services for accessing information about network objects or devices, controlling them, and receiving status reports from them.

Contributor(s): Gaurav Rishi
This was last updated in April 2007
Posted by: Margaret Rouse

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