Configuring for Network Management Applications

Using SNMP Tools To Manage the Switch

In the following example, the show snmp-servercommand output shows that the switch has been configured to send SNMP traps and notifications to management stations that belong to the “public”, “red-team”, and “blue-team” communities.

ProCurve(config)# show snmp-server

SNMP Communities

MIB View Write Access

 

 

 

SNMP Community

 

Community Name

 

 

 

configuration

 

 

 

----------------

-------- ------------

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

public

Operator

Restricted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

blue-team

Manager

Unrestricted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

red-team

Manager

Unrestricted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Link-change

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trap Receivers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

trap setting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Link-Change Traps Enabled on Ports [All] : All

 

 

 

 

Trap Category

 

 

 

Current Trap Configuration

 

 

 

------------------------------

--------------------------

 

 

 

SNMP Authentication

 

 

extended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Password change

 

 

 

enabled

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Login failures

 

 

 

enabled

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Port-Security

 

 

 

enabled

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Authorization Server Contact

 

enabled

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address

Community

 

Events Sent

Notify Type

Retry

Timeout

---------------

----------

-----------

-----------

-----

-------

10.28.227.200

public

 

All

 

trap

3

15

10.28.227.105

red-team

 

Critical

trap

3

15

10.28.227.120

blue-team

 

Not-INFO

trap

3

15

...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 13-13. Display of SNMP Notification Configuration

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