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Chapter 7 Performing Switch Administration
How to Perform Switch Administration
Configuring MAC Address Change Notification Traps
Command Purpose
Step 1 configure terminal Enters global configuration mode.
Step 2 snmp-server host host-addr {traps | informs} {version {1
| 2c | 3}} community-string notification-type
Specifies the recipient of the trap message.
host-addr—Specifies the name or address of the
NMS.
traps (the default)—Sends SNMP traps to the
host.
informs—Sends SNMP informs to the host.
Specifies the SNMP version to support. Version
1, the default, is not available with informs.
community-string—Specifies the string to send
with the notification operation. You can set this
string by using the snmp-server host command,
but we recommend that you define this string by
using the snmp-server community command
before using the snmp-server host command.
notification-type—Uses the mac-notification
keyword.
Step 3 snmp-server enable traps mac-notification change Enables the switch to send MAC address change
notification traps to the NMS.
Step 4 mac address-table notification change Enables the MAC address change notification
feature.
Step 5 mac address-table notification change [interval value]
[history-size value]
Enters the trap interval time and the history table
size.
(Optional) interval value—Specifies the
notification trap interval in seconds between
each set of traps that are generated to the NMS.
The range is 0 to 2147483647 seconds; the
default is 1 second.
(Optional) history-size value—Specifies the
maximum number of entries in the MAC
notification history table. The range is 0 to 500;
the default is 1.
Step 6 interface interface-id Enters interface configuration mode, and specifies
the Layer 2 interface on which to enable the SNMP
MAC address notification trap.