Configuring for Network Management Applications

Using SNMP Tools To Manage the Switch

 

For example, to configure a trap receiver in a community named "red-team"

 

with an IP address of 10.28.227.130 to receive only "critical" event log

 

messages, you can enter the following command:

 

ProCurve(config)# snmp-server host 10.28.227.130 red-team

 

critical

 

 

N o t e s

To replace one community name with another for the same IP address, you

 

must first enter the no snmp-server host < community-name><ipv4-address ipv6­

 

address > command to delete the unwanted community name. Otherwise, if

 

you add a new community name with an IP address that is already used with

 

a different community name, two valid community name entries are created

 

for the same management station.

 

If you do not specify the event level ([<none all non-info critical debug>]),

 

the switch does not send event log messages as traps. However, "well-known"

 

traps and threshold traps (if configured) are still sent.

 

Enabling SNMPv2c Informs

 

 

On a switch enabled for SNMPv2c, you can use the snmp-server host inform

 

command to send inform requests when certain events occur. When an SNMP

 

Manager receives an inform request, it can send an SNMP response back to

 

the sending agent on the switch to let the agent know that the inform request

 

reached its destination.

 

If the sending agent on the switch does not receive an SNMP response back

 

from the SNMP Manager within the timeout period, the inform request may

 

be resent, based on the retry count value.

 

When you enable SNMPv2c inform requests to be sent, you must specify the

 

IP address and community name of the management station that will receive

 

the inform notification.

 

Syntax: [no] snmp-server host <ipv4-addr ipv6-addr> <community name>

 

inform [retries <count>] [timeout <interval>]]

 

Enables (or disables) the inform option for SNMPv2c on the

 

switch and allows you to configure options for sending

 

SNMP inform requests.

 

retries: Maximum number of times to resend an inform

 

request if no SNMP response is received. Default: 3

 

timeout: Number of seconds to wait for an acknowledgement

 

before resending the inform request. Default: 15 seconds

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