SNMP Specifications

Using SNMP

 

 

 

 

SNMP Specifications

The following table lists specifications for the SNMP protocol.

RFCs Supported for SNMPv2

1902 through 1907 - SNMPv2c Management Framework

 

1908

- Coexistence and transitions relating to SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c

 

 

 

RFCs Supported for SNMPv3

2570

– Version 3 of the Internet Standard Network Management

 

 

Framework

 

2571

– Architecture for Describing SNMP Management Frameworks

 

2572

– Message Processing and Dispatching for SNMP

 

2573

– SNMPv3 Applications

 

2574

– User-based Security Model (USM) for version 3 SNMP

 

2575

– View-based Access Control Model (VACM) for SNMP

 

2576

– Coexistence between SNMP versions

 

 

SNMPv1, SNMPv2, SNMPv3

The SNMPv3 protocol is ascending compatible with SNMPv1 and v2

 

and supports all the SNMPv1 and SNMPv2 PDUs

 

 

SNMPv1 and SNMPv2

Community Strings

Authentication

 

 

 

 

 

SNMPv1, SNMPv2 Encryption

None

 

 

 

SNMPv1 and SNMPv2 Security

Sets and Gets

requests accepted by the switch

 

 

 

 

SNMPv3 Authentication

SHA, MD5

 

 

 

SNMPv3 Encryption

DES

 

 

 

SNMPv3 Security requests

Non-authenticated Sets, Non-authenticated Gets and Get-Nexts,

accepted by the switch.

Authenticated Sets, Authenticated Gets and Get-Nexts, Encrypted Sets,

 

Encrypted Gets and Get-Nexts

 

 

SNMP traps

Refer to the table on page 10-9for a complete list of traps and their

 

definitions.

 

 

 

SNMP Defaults

The following table describes the default values of the SNMP protocol parameters.

Parameter Description

Command

Default Value/Comments

 

 

 

SNMP Management Station

snmp station

UDP port 162, SNMPv3, Enabled

 

 

 

Community Strings

snmp community map

Enabled

 

 

 

SNMP Security setting

snmp security

Privacy all (highest) security

 

 

 

Trap filtering

snmp trap filter

Disabled

 

 

 

Trap Absorption

snmp trap absorption

Enabled

 

 

 

Enables the forwarding of traps to

snmp trap to webview

Enabled

WebView.

 

 

 

 

 

Enables or disables SNMP

snmp authentication trap

Disabled

authentication failure trap forwarding.

 

 

 

 

 

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