Cisco Systems 15327 Setting the Agent Contact and Location Information

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Ethernet Card Software Feature and Configuration Guide, R7.2

January 2009

Chapter 22 Configuring SNMP

Setting the Agent Contact and Location Information

The snmp-server host command specifies which hosts receive the notifications. The snmp-server

enable trap command globally enables the mechanism for the specified notification (for traps and

inform requests). To enable a host to receive an inform request, you must configure an

snmp-server host informs command for the host and globally enable inform requests by using the

snmp-server enable traps command.

To remove the specified host from receiving traps, use the no snmp-server host host global

configuration command. The no snmp-server host command with no keywords disables traps, but not

inform requests, to the host. To disable inform requests, use the no snmp-server host informs global

configuration command. To disable a specific trap type, use the no snmp-server enable traps

notification-types global configuration command.

Setting the Agent Contact and Location Information

Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to set the system contact and location of the

SNMP agent so that these descriptions can be accessed through the configuration file:

Step 6 snmp-server trap-source interface-id (Optional) Specify the source interface, which provides the IP address for

the trap message. This command also sets the source IP address for

inform requests.

Step 7 snmp-server queue-length length (Optional) Establish how many trap messages each trap host can hold

(message queue length.) The range is 1 to 1000; the default is 10.

Step 8 snmp-server trap-timeout seconds (Optional) Define how often to resend trap messages. The range is 1 to

1000; the default is 30 seconds.

Step 9 end Return to privileged EXEC mode.

Step 10 show running-config Verify your entries.

Step 11 copy running-config startup-config (Optional) Save your entries in the configuration file.

Command Purpose

Step 1 configure terminal Enter global configuration mode.

Step 2 snmp-server contact text Set the system contact string.

For example:

snmp-server contact Dial System Operator at beeper 21555.

Step 3 snmp-server location text Set the system location string.

For example:

snmp-server location Building 3/Room 222

Step 4 end Return to privileged EXEC mode.

Step 5 show running-config Verify your entries.

Step 6 copy running-config startup-config (Optional) Save your entries in the configuration file.