Using SNMP

Quick Steps for Setting Up An SNMP Management Station

 

 

 

 

Quick Steps for Setting Up An SNMP

Management Station

An SNMP Network Management Station (NMS) is a workstation configured to receive SNMP traps from the switch. To set up an SNMP NMS using the switch’s CLI, proceed as follows:

1Specify the user account name and the authentication type for that user. For example:

-> user NMSuserV3MD5DES md5+des password ********

2Specify the UDP destination port number (in this case 8010), the IP address of the management station (199.199.100.200), a user account name (NMSuserV3MD5DES), and the SNMP version number (v3). For example:

-> snmp station 199.199.100.200 8010 NMSuserV3MD5DES v3 enable

Note. Optional. To verify the SNMP Management Station, enter the show snmp station command. The display is similar to the one shown here:

-> show snmp station

 

 

 

ipAddress/udpPort

status

protocol

user

---------------------------+

---------

+--------

+-------------------------------

199.199.100.200/8010

enable

v3

NMSuserV3MD5DES

199.199.101.201/111

disable

v2

NMSuserV3MD5

199.199.102.202/8002

enable

v1

NMSuserV3SHADES

For more information about this display, see the “SNMP Commands” chapter in the OmniSwitch CLI Reference Guide.

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