64 SNMP Management ELS100-24TX
There are three main operations defined in SNMP:
•Operations that read information fro m th e ma na ged dev ic e , s uch a s
those used to obtain status or statistical data, are called GET
operations.
•Operations that change a functional parameter on the device, such
as those used to configure Spanning Tree or to initiate a software
download, are referred to as SET operations. GET and SET
operations are initiated onl y by the m anage r soft ware , and result in a
response by the agent.
•The third operation type, the TRAP, allows the agent to send an
unsolicited message to the ma nager . This oper ation is typ ic ally us ed
as an alert of a potential problem or a change of status with the
device. The Trap Destination parameter in the SNMP Configuration
Menu is used to configure the IP addres ses of the SNM P Manager to
which ELS100-24TX trap messages are sent.
MIB Objects
A number of standard MIB specificati ons have been def ined for managi ng
network equipment. SNMP compliant devices typically support one or
more standard MIBs defined by the Internet Engineering Task Force
(IETF), in the form of Request for Comments (RFC) documents.
These MIBs provide a common method of managing devices, such as
switches and hubs, and network interfaces, such as Ethernet and token
ring. The primary standard MIB, referred to as MIB-II, provi des an o verall
view of the managed agent and must be supported, at lea st in par t, by all
SNMP agents. In addition, proprietary MIB extensions are defined by
commercial vendors for managing de vice-specific functions of their pr oducts.
The ELS100-24TX switch supports four standard MIBs:
•RFC 1213 - Management Information Base for Network
Management of TCP/IP based Internets (MIB-II)
•RFC 1398 - Definiti on s of Managed Objects for the Ethernet-lik e
Interface Types (Eth ernet MIB)
•RFC 1493 - Definitions of Managed Objects for Bridges
•RFC 1757 - Remote Network Monitoring Management Information
Base
The ELS100-24TX switch also supports Cabletron proprietary MIB
extensions.

RFC 1213 (MIB-II)

RFC 1213 provides management of switch system-level parameters,
including TCP/IP protocol-related statistics, IP addressing, routing table
information, and interface statistics for each switch port. MIB-II is the
standard MIB defined by RFC 1213. All agent devices operating SNMP
are required to support at least part of MIB-II.