HP 2500 manual Configuring for Network Management Applications, Monitoring and Managing the Switch

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Configuring for Network Management Applications

Chapter Contents

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2

SNMP Management Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3

Configuring for SNMP Access to the Switch	8-4
SNMP Communities	8-6

Menu: Viewing and Configuring SNMP Communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6

To View, Edit, or Add SNMP Communities: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6

CLI: Viewing and Configuring Community Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8

Listing Current Community Names and Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8

Configuring Identity Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9

Configuring Community Names and Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9

Trap Receivers and Authentication Traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10

CLI: Configuring and Displaying Trap Receivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11

Using the CLI To List Current SNMP Trap Receivers . . . . . . . . . 8-11

Configuring Trap Receivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-12

Using the CLI To Enable Authentication Traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-12

Advanced Management: RMON and HP Extended RMON Support . . . . 8-13

RMON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-13

Extended RMON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-13

Monitoring and Managing the Switch

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