Asante Technologies 6200 manual Enabling Authentication Traps, Adding a Trap Receiver

SNMP Configuration

Enabling Authentication Traps

The IntraSwitch can be set to generate authentication traps. Authentication traps are messages sent across the network to an SNMP network management station.They alert you when someone without access rights attempts to change the device’s MIB information.

To set the IntraSwitch to generate traps:

1	Open the SNMP Configuration Menu by typ-
	ing n in the Configuration Menu.
2	Type t toggle trap authentication from dis-
	abled to enabled.

To cancel, press ctrl-cat the command prompt.

To quit and return to the Configuration

Menu, type q.

Adding a Trap Receiver

Trap receivers are the network management stations designated to receive traps from the IntraSwitch when they occur.

▲Important! The maximum number of trap receivers that can be set is four.

To add a trap receiver entry:

1	Open the SNMP Configuration Menu by typ-
	ing n in the Configuration Menu.

2

3

Type a to Add a Trap Receiver.

Type the IP address of the network manage- ment station you want to receive traps, then press Return.

To cancel, press ctrl-c.

4	Type the trap receiver’s community string at
	the prompt, then press Return.

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