SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) is an application-layer protocol used for managing and monitoring network devices. It provides a common way for devices on a network to share monitoring metrics, allowing users to collect relevant information about the devices on their network to detect and address failures in devices and connections. To monitor SNMP devices with Telegraf, a new SNMP Trap Input Plugin was released in Telegraf 1.13, which receives SNMP notifications (traps and inform requests) to provide real-time views of system and network performance issues. The plugin can be configured using the `[[inputs.snmp_trap]]` input, and it collects metrics such as trap source IP address, OID values, and MIB information. It also provides a way to balance resource consumption impact by pulling SNMP data in short intervals.