Which benefit does enabling SNMP monitoring provide for Cisco wireless device management?

SNMP lets the WLC send traps or be polled for operational data. By enabling it, administrators can receive unsolicited traps whenever an access point joins, fails, or changes status, which provides immediate awareness of AP health without manual polling.

A. SNMP reports many metrics, not limited to hardware performance.

B. SNMP automates reporting; no manual log reviews are needed.

C. SNMP provides centralized—not fragmented—statistics when queried from an NMS.

1. Cisco “Wireless LAN Controller SNMP Configuration Guide,” sec. “Supported Traps” – lists ‘ciscoLwappAPAssociated’ and other AP status traps.

2. RFC 3411, SNMP Framework, sec. 3 – describes trap/notification mechanism for fault management.