3 Configuring the Switch

Version 1 or 2c clients), or define a corresponding “User Name” in the SNMPv3 Users page (for Version 3 clients). (Range: 1-32 characters, case sensitive)

•Trap UDP Port – Specifies the UDP port number used by the trap manager.

•Trap Version – Indicates if the user is running SNMP v1, v2c, or v3. (Default: v1)

•Trap Security Level – When trap version 3 is selected, you must specify one of the following security levels. (Default: noAuthNoPriv)

-noAuthNoPriv – There is no authentication or encryption used in SNMP communications.

-AuthNoPriv – SNMP communications use authentication, but the data is not encrypted (only available for the SNMPv3 security model).

-AuthPriv – SNMP communications use both authentication and encryption (only available for the SNMPv3 security model).

•Trap Inform – Notifications are sent as inform messages. Note that this option is only available for version 2c and 3 hosts. (Default: traps are used)

-Timeout – The number of seconds to wait for an acknowledgment before resending an inform message. (Range: 0-2147483647 centiseconds; Default: 1500 centiseconds)

-Retry times – The maximum number of times to resend an inform message if the recipient does not acknowledge receipt. (Range: 0-255; Default: 3)

•Enable Authentication Traps6 – Issues a notification message to specified IP trap managers whenever authentication of an SNMP request fails.

(Default: Enabled)

•Enable Link-up and Link-down Traps6 – Issues a notification message whenever a port link is established or broken. (Default: Enabled)

6.These are legacy notifications and therefore when used for SNMP Version 3 hosts, they must be enabled in conjunction with the corresponding entries in the Notification View (page 3-45).

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