Cabletron Systems CSX1200, CSX1000 manual Configuring Snmp

CONFIGURING SNMP

Configuring SNMP

The steps to configure SNMP are:

1.Enable IP routing if you have not already done so.

2.Select SNMP from the Options menu.

3.Follow the onscreen instructions to enable SNMP. The following SNMP menu will then be displayed:

SNMP Menu:

1)SNMP (Enable/Disable)

2)SNMP Community Name

3)SNMP Trap Information

4)MIB-2 System Group Objects

Select function from above or <RET> for previous menu:

4.Enter the Community Name information.

a.Enter a user-defined Community Name. This is a case-sensitive string of octets used to identify the community to which an SNMP Manager, along with the Agent(s) that it manages, belongs. It is used to authenticate an SNMP PDU. The string “public” is a widely used Community Name.

b.Select the access level associated with the Community Name.

5.Enter the SNMP trap information (optional).

a.Configure IP address(es) and Community Name used in SNMP Trap PDUs.

•Enter the IP address of the NMS(s) that should receive the traps. The NMS is a device that contains SNMP management software. A Network Manager can be any type of computer that is capable of executing the necessary SNMP management software.

•Select the Community Name.

b.If you want authentication failure traps, follow the onscreen instructions for enabling them.

c.If you want ISDN B-channel usage traps, follow the onscreen instructions for enabling them.

d.Set the threshold value for ISDN B-channel usage traps.

6.Optional: change the values of the MIB-2 system group objects.

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