show snmp engineid Reviewing SNMP Statistics
Enterasys Matrix DFE-Gold Series Configuration Guide 5-5

How SNMP Will Use This Configuration

Inordertosendatrap/notificationrequestedbyaMIBcode,theSNMPagentrequiresthe
equivalentofatrap“door”,a“key”tounlockthedoor,anda“procedure”forcrossingthe
doorstep.Todetermineifalltheseelementsareinplace,theSNMPagentproceedsasfollows:
1. Determinesifthe“keys”fortrap“doors”doexist.Intheexampleconfigurationabove,the
keythatSNMPislookingforisthenotificationentrycreatedwiththesetsnmpnotify
commandwhich,inthiscase,isakeylabeledentry1.
2. Searchesforthedoorsmatchingsuchakey.Forexample,theparameterssetfortheentry1key
showsthatitopensonlythedoorTrapSink.
3. VerifiesthatthespecifieddoorTrapSinkis,infact,available.Inthiscaseitwasbuiltusingthe
setsnmptargetaddrcommand.Thiscommandalsospecifiesthatthisdoorleadstothe
managementstation192.168.190.80,andthe“procedure”(targetparams)tocrossthedoorstep
iscalledv2ExampleParams.
4. Verifiesthatthev2ExampleParamsdescriptionofhowtostepthroughthedooris,infact,
there.Theagentcheckstargetparamsentriesanddeterminesthisdescriptionwasmadewith
thesetsnmptargetparamscommand,whichtellsexactlywhichSNMPprotocoltouseand
whatcommunitynametoprovide.Inthiscase,thecommunitynameismgmt.
5. Verifiesthatthemgmtcommunitynameisavailable.Inthiscase,ithasbeenconfiguredusing
thesetsnmpcommunitycommand.
6. Sendsthetrapnotificationmessage.

Reviewing SNMP Statistics

Purpose
ToreviewSNMPstatistics.
Commands

show snmp engineid

UsethiscommandtodisplaytheSNMPlocalengineID.ThisistheSNMPv3engine’s
administrativelyuniqueidentifier.
Syntax
show snmp engineid
Parameters
None.
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show snmp engineid 5-5
show snmp counters 5-6