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Common Management Information Protocol (CMIP)

Contributor(s): Gaurav Rishi

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.

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