The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is widely deployed to

   monitor, control and configure network elements.  Even though the

   SNMP technology is well documented, it remains relatively unclear how

   SNMP is used in practice and what typical SNMP usage patterns are.

   This document proposes to carry out large scale SNMP traffic

   measurements in order to develop a better understanding how SNMP is

   used in real world production networks.  It describes the motivation,

   the measurement approach, and the tools and data formats needed to

   carry out such a study.