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Chapter27 Configuring SNMP
Configuring SNMP
Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to configure the switch to send traps or informs
to a host:
Command Purpose
Step1 configure terminal Enter global configuration mode.
Step2 snmp-server engineID remote
ip-address engineid-string
Specify the engine ID for the remote host.
Step3 snmp-server user username
groupname {remote host [udp-port
port]} {v1 [access access-list] | v2c
[access access-list] | v3 [encrypted]
[access access-list] [auth {md5 | sha}
auth-password]}
Configure an SNMP user to be associated with the remote host created in
Step 2.
Note You cannot configure a remote user for an address without first
configuring the engine ID for the remote host. Otherwi se, you
receive an error message, and the command is not executed.
Step4 snmp-server group groupname {v1 |
v2c | v3 {auth | noauth | priv}} [read
readview] [write writeview] [notify
notifyview] [access access-list]
Configure an SNMP group.
Step5 snmp-server host host-addr
[informs | traps] [version {1 | 2c | 3
{auth | noauth | priv}}]
community-string [notification-type]
Specify the recipient of an SNMP trap operation.
•For host-addr, specify the name or Internet address of the host (the
targeted recipient).
•(Optional) Enter informs to send SNMP informs to the host.
•(Optional) Enter traps (the default) to send SNMP traps to the host.
•(Optional) Specify the SNMP version (1, 2c, or 3). SNMPv1 does
not support informs.
•(Optional) For Version 3, select authentication level auth, noauth,
or priv.
Note The priv keyword is available only when the cryptographic
software image is installed.
•For community-string, when version 1 or version 2c is specified,
enter the password-like community string sent with the notification
operation. When version 3 is specified, enter the SNMPv3 username.
•(Optional) For notification-type, use the keywords listed in
Table27-5 on page 27-11. If no type is specified, all notifications are
sent.
Step6 snmp-server enable traps
notification-types
Enable the switch to send traps or informs and specify the type of
notifications to be sent. For a list of notification types, see Table 27-5 on
page 27-11, or enter snmp-server enable traps ?
To enable multiple types of traps, you must enter a separate snmp-server
enable traps command for each trap type.
Step7 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
informs.
Step8 snmp-server queue-length length (Optional) Establish the message queue length for each trap host. The
range is 1 to 1000; the default is 10.