3Com 7600 manual Snmp Agents

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Figure 14-3Transcend Enterprise Manager (SNMP Manager)

Access to the SNMP agent is in-band via any of the Ethernet segments or ATM port of remote stations. Management of all remote 7600 units is supported by the SNMP agent, regardless of virtual LAN membership.

Since the 7600 Card is standards-based, other SNMP-based applications, such as SunNet Manager or HP OpenView can be used.

The SNMP agent is accessed through any of the 100-BaseT Ethernet ports. It is an in-band connection over IP/Ethernet protocols.

Once the 7600 Card’s IP parameters are set, any SNMP-based network manager can manage the unit, provided the Management Information Base (MIB) is installed correctly at the management station.

SNMP Agents

The SNMP agent of the 7600 Card responds to SNMP requests from an external SNMP manager. Each 7600 Card has one SNMP agent which monitors objects on the system and reports data to the Administration Console or a network management system. It acts as an Access Unit (device) agent for managing generic device objects and configuration, and as a proxy for all bridge agents (per VN in a device) for managing bridge-VN specific objects and configuration.

Figure 14-4 shows a 7600 Card being accessed through an SNMP manager, such as Transcend Enterprise Manager.