Switch Manager

Table 16: SNMP Configuration parameter (Continued)

Parameter

Description

Location

Specifies the name (up to 64 characters) for the switch

 

location.

 

The default is “undefined”.

 

 

Authentication Trap

Enables or disables the reporting of SNMP authentication

 

failures. If enabled, a notification trap is sent when incorrect

 

community string values are used.

 

The default is “False”.

 

 

Write Community

Write community password (up to 32 characters) that

 

authorizes an SNMP agent to write information to the switch.

 

This is a write-only box. The value on the switch and the

 

SNMP management server must be the same.

 

The default is “private”.

 

 

SNMP Trap Configuration

 

The SNMP trap configuration defines how traps are set. Choose from the tabs Trap1 – Trap 5 to configure each trap. Table 17 describes the SNMP configuration parameters.

Table 17: SNMP trap configuration parameters

Parameter

Description

Trap Version

Specifies the SNMP version (1 or 2) with which to format traps.

 

 

Trap 1 Enabled

Enables or disables the trap.

 

If disabled, traps are not configurable.

 

 

Trap Address*

Specifies the IP address to which SNMP traps are sent.

 

A maximum of 5 trap addresses are supported.

 

The default address for trap 1 is 10.0.0.254.

 

The default address for traps 2–5 is 0.0.0.0.

 

 

Trap Port*

The port number on which the trap is sent.

 

The default is 162.

 

 

Trap Severity

Specifies a severity level to assign to the trap.

 

Open the menu and choose a level. The Trap 1 Enabled check box on

 

the Network Properties dialog box must be enabled to access this

 

menu.

 

Trap severity levels include Unknown, Emergency, Alert, Critical,

 

Error, Warning, Notify, Info, Debug, and Mark.

* Trap address (other than 0.0.0.0) and trap port combinations must be unique. For example, if trap 1 and trap 2 have the same address, they must have different port values. Similarly, if trap 1 and 2 have the same port value, they must have different addresses.

Remote Logging parameter

The Remote Logging (syslog) parameter enables saving of the log information to a remote host that supports the syslog protocol. When enabled, the log entries are sent to the syslog host at the IP address entered in the Logging Host IP Address box. Log entries are saved in the internal switch log whether this feature is enabled or not.