SNMP

Prompts you in a line-by-line fashion to change SNMP configuration settings. Table 51 describes the SNMP fields. For each parameter, enter a new value or press Enter to accept the current value shown in brackets.

Table 51 SNMP configuration settings

Entry

Description

 

 

SNMPEnabled

Enables (True) or disables (False) SNMP on the switch. The default is True.

 

 

Contact

Specifies the name of the person to be contacted to respond to trap events.

 

The name can be up to 64 characters excluding #, semicolon (;), and

 

comma (,). The default is undefined.

 

 

Location

Specifies the name of the switch location. The name can be up to 64

 

characters excluding #, semicolon (;), and comma (,). The default is

 

undefined.

 

 

Trap [1-5] Address

Specifies the workstation IP address to which SNMP traps are sent. The

 

default address for trap 1 is 10.0.0.254. The default address for traps

 

2–5 is 0.0.0.0. Addresses, other than 0.0.0.0, for all traps must be

 

unique.

 

 

Trap [1-5] Port

Specifies the workstation port to which SNMP traps are sent. Valid

 

workstation port numbers are 1–65535. The default is 162.

 

 

Trap [1-5] Severity

Specifies the severity level to use when monitoring trap events. The default

 

is Warning.

 

 

Trap [1-5] Version

Specifies the SNMP version (1 or 2) to use in formatting traps. The default

 

is 2.

 

 

Trap [1-5] Enabled

Specifies whether traps (event information) are enabled or disabled

 

(default).

 

 

ReadCommunity

Read community password that authorizes an SNMP agent to read

 

information from the switch. This is a write-only field. The value on the

 

switch and the SNMP management server must be the same. The read

 

community password can be up to 32 characters excluding #, semicolon

 

(;), and comma (,). The default is “public”.

 

 

WriteCommunity

Write community password that authorizes an SNMP agent to write

 

information to the switch. This is a write-only field. The value on the switch

 

and the SNMP management server must be the same. The write

 

community password can be up to 32 characters excluding #, semicolon

 

(;), and comma (,). The default is “private”.

 

 

TrapCommunity

Trap community password that authorizes an SNMP agent to receive traps.

 

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

 

management server must be the same. The trap community password can

 

be up to 32 characters excluding #, semicolon (;), and comma (,). The

 

default is “public”.

 

 

AuthFailureTrap

Enables (True) or disables (False) the generation of traps in response to

 

trap authentication failures. The default is False.

 

 

ProxyEnabled

Enables (True) or disables (False) SNMP communication with other

 

switches in the fabric. The default is True.