Cisco Systems 12000/10700 V3.1.1 Enabling or Disabling Trap Generation, SNMP Management WindowDetailed Description

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Cisco 12000/10700 v3.1.1 Router Manager User Guide

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Chapter 4 Managing Chassis

SNMP Management

Step 3 Choose t he SN MP versio n to be use d. Note tha t Ci sco 120 00/10 720 Ro uter Ma nager r elea se 3. 0 doe s

not suppor t SNMPv 3, and w hen using versi on 2 of SNM P, comple te the com mun ity nam es for V2 read

and V2 write.

Step 4 Save your ch an ges by c lic king the Save icon on t he t oo lba r.

Enabling or Disabling Trap Generation

Traps ca n b e se nt by t he d evice to the Cisc o 120 00/ 10720 Ro uter M ana ger a pp lica tio n whe n trap

generation is enabled. When the Cisco 12000/10720 Router Manager application receiv es a trap, alarms

are raised on the chassis or its modules or interfaces. When trap generation is disabled for a device, no

alarm s a re re ceived by Cisco 1200 0/10 720 Rou ter M a nager a nd the refo re no al arms ra is ed.

T raps generate alarms and send them to the Cisco 12000/10720 Router Manager Chassis object with the

specified IP Address when trap generation is enabled. When trap generation is enabled, you can see

alarms raised in the appropriate view. Trap generation can also be disabled so that traps and alarms are

not genera ted for the se lected cha ssis.

To enable or disable trap generation on a selected chassis, proceed as follows:

Step 1 Open the SNMP Management window. See “Viewing the SNMP Management Window” section on

page 4-15 for fur t her d eta ils .

Step 2 Choose an IOS Host from th e list displ aye d at th e lef t of the wi ndow.

Step 3 Click Enable to al low trap gene ra tio n, or click Disable to sto p tr ap gene rat ion.

Step 4 Save your ch an ges by c lic king the Save icon on t he t oo lba r.

Note Make sure that the SNMP version is V2, the default version is V2c

The SNMP Management window displays a single SNMP Management tab. The SNMP Management tab

contains three areas: Community Names, Version, and Trap Generation.

Community names provide a security mechanism for SNMP communications. The device holds its own

community names, so the correct community names must be used in order to get or set attributes from

the device.

V2 Read—Community string use d when retr ieving attributes from a device using the SNMP v2c

protocol.

V2 Write—Community stri ng used whe n s ett ing attri butes o n a d evice u sing the SN MPv 2c pr otoc ol.