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title: SNMP type | Wartiva GraphQL API
description: Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) service. Wartiva GraphQL API reference with arguments, fields, and examples.
url: https://wartiva.com/api-docs/types/snmp.html
updated: 2026-10-07
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Networks, devices, and sensors · GraphQL type

# `SNMP` type

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) service. SNMP is an Internet Standard protocol for collecting and organizing information about managed devices on IP networks and for modifying that information to change device behavior. Devices that typically support SNMP include cable modems, routers, network switches, servers, workstations, printers, and more. widely used in network management for network monitoring. SNMP exposes management data in the form of variables on the managed systems organized in a management information base (MIB), which describes the system status and configuration. These variables can then be remotely queried (and, in some circumstances, manipulated) by managing applications.

## Fields

| Field Name | Description |
|---|---|
| `communities` - [`[SnmpCommunity!]`](https://wartiva.com/api-docs/types/snmp-community.html) | SNMP use communities to establish trust between managers and agents. Most agents support three community names, one each for read-only, read-write and trap. |

## Used by

- [`ServiceReport`](https://wartiva.com/api-docs/types/service-report.html) union: The service specific data structure describing details of the specific type of service.

## Example

### Example

```json
{"communities": [SnmpCommunity]}

```

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