Task 1—Enabling SNMP in a Cisco IOS Device

About Enabling SNMP

Enabling SNMP

To enable SNMP on a Cisco IOS device in the network, follow these steps.

Note In some software releases, the commands snmp-server engineID local and snmp-server packetsize are enabled by default.

Step 1 To use Loopback0 for device management and set SNMP traps to use that IP address, enter the following commands. This configuration also eliminates the need to change IP addresses if a different interface is used to send traps.

!

interface Loopback0

ip address 172.21.10.1 255.255.255.255

!

!

snmp-server trap-source Loopback0

!

Step 2 To enable a basic SNMP configuration, enter the following commands. See Table 13 for descriptions of each command.

snmp-server community 5urf5h0p RO snmp-server community 5crapmeta1 RW

snmp-server location Lake Travis (Austin) Dial POP snmp-server contact net-admin@aurora.the.net snmp-server enable traps

snmp host 172.23.10.1 traps SNMPv1

Table 13 SNMP Command Descriptions

Command

Purpose

 

 

snmp-server community 5urf5h0p RO

Assigns a read only (RO) community string. Only get

 

requests (queries) can be performed.

 

The RO community string in this example (5urf5h0p)

 

allows Get requests but no Set operations. The NMS and the

 

managed device must reference the same community string.

 

 

snmp-server community 5crapmeta1 RW

Assigns a read write (RW) community string. SNMP

 

applications require RW access for Set operations.

 

The RW community string in this example (5crapmeta1)

 

enables write access to OID values. For example, you can

 

shut down an interface, download a configuration file, or

 

change a password.

 

 

snmp-server location Lake Travis

Specifies the location of the device for administrative

(Austin) Dial POP

purposes.

 

 

snmp-server contact admin

Specifies a contact name to notify whenever a MIB problem

net-admin@aurora.the.net

occurs.

 

 

Basic Dial NMS Implementation Guide

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