HP 2500 manual Configuring for Snmp Access to Switch, HP Entity MIB entity.mib

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Configuring for Network Management Applications

Configuring for SNMP Access to the Switch

•HP Entity MIB (entity.mib)

The switch SNMP agent also uses certain variables that are included in a Hewlett-Packard proprietary MIB file you can add to the SNMP database in your network management tool. You can copy the MIB file from the HP TopTools for Hubs & Switches CD, or from following World Wide Web site:

http://www.hp.com/go/procurve

For more information, refer to the Read Me First document and the

Customer Support/Warranty booklet included with your switch.

Configuring for SNMP Access to the

Switch

SNMP access requires an IP address and subnet mask configured on the switch. (See “IP Configuration” on page 5-3.) If you are using DHCP/Bootp to configure the switch, ensure that the DHCP/Bootp process provides the IP address. (See “DHCP/Bootp Operation” on page 5-11.)

Once an IP address has been configured, the general steps to configuring for SNMP access to the preceding features are:

1.From the Main menu, select

2.Switch Configuration . . .

6.SNMP Community Names

2.Configure the appropriate SNMP communities. (The “public” community exists by default and is used by HP’s network management applications.) (For more on configuring SNMP communities, see “Menu: Viewing and Configuring SNMP Communities” on page 8-6.)

3.Configure the appropriate trap receivers. (For more on configuring trap receivers, see “CLI: Configuring and Displaying Trap Receivers” on page 8-11.)

In some networks, authorized IP manager addresses are not used. In this case, all management stations using the correct community name may access the switch with the View and Access levels that have been set for that community. If you want to restrict access to one or more specific nodes, you can use the switch’s IP Authorized Manager feature. (See “Using IP Authorized Managers” on page 7-30.)

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