4

Administrative Interface

Table 4-5 describes the fields on the SNMP Administration tab:

Table 4-5SNMP Administration Fields

Field

Description

 

 

System Description

Displays or sets system description. Default is Fibre

 

Channel Switch.

 

 

System Location

Displays or sets location of switch. Default is End User

 

Premise.

 

 

System Contact

Displays or sets contact information for switch. Default is

 

Field Support.

 

 

Event Trap Level

Sets severity level of switch events that prompt SNMP

 

traps. Default is 0.

 

 

Enable

Enables authentication traps; click off to disable

Authentication

(recommended).

Traps

 

 

 

Read Write

Displays or sets up to three strings that work with the

Community String

SNMP set command.

 

 

Read Only

Displays or sets up to three strings that work with the

Community String

SNMP get or get-nextcommand.

 

 

Read Write and

Displays or sets recipients for traps (usually IP address of

Read Only Trap

SNMP management station).

Recipients

 

 

 

Commit SNMP

Applies changes made.

Changes

 

 

 

Reset

Resets all fields to values present when SNMP

 

Administration was launched.

 

 

To disable the community string or trap recipient fields, leave them empty.

 

 

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