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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide
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SNMP Configuration

Fabric Manager provides the capability to configure SNMP for managing switches in the fabric.
This chapter includes the following sections:
About SNMP, page 26-1
Adding A Community String to the communities.properties File, page 26-4
Assigning SNMPv3 Users to Multiple Roles, page 26-6
Configuring SNMP Notifications, page 26-6

About SNMP

SNMP is an application layer protocol that facilitates the exchange of management information between
network devices. In all Cisco MDS 9000 Family switches, three SNMP versions are available: SNMPv1,
SNMPv2c, and SNMPv3 (see Figure 26-1).
Figure 26-1 SNMP
Switch 1
SNMP v1 or v2c
(network operator level)
SNMP request
SNMP response
(response depends on successful authentication)
GET or SET
SNMP commands
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