Admins can also use SNMP to provide some configurations to agents as well, called SET
messages. In addition to polling to obtain statistics, SNMP can be used for analyzing information
and compiling the results in a report or even a graph. Thresholds can be used to trigger a
notification process when exceeded. Graphing tools are used to monitor the CPU statistics of
Cisco devices like a core router. The CPU should be monitored continuously and the NMS can
graph the statistics. Notification will be sent when any threshold you’ve set has been exceeded.