SNMP configuration
The SNMP configuration defines how authentication traps are managed. Table 14 describes the SNMP configuration parameters. The illegal characters for the
Table 14 SNMP configuration parameters
Parameter | Description |
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SNMP Enabled | Enables or disables SNMP communication with other switches in the fabric. If |
| disabled, the user cannot use an SNMP application at a workstation to talk to the |
| switch that has this setting disabled. |
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Contact | Specifies the name (up to 64 characters) of the person who is to be contacted to |
| respond to trap events. The default is “undefined”. |
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Read Community | Read community password (up to 32 characters) that authorizes an SNMP agent |
| to read information from the switch. This is a |
| switch and the SNMP management server must be the same. The default is |
| “public”. |
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Trap Community | Trap community password (up to 32 characters) that authorizes an SNMP agent to |
| receive traps. This is a |
| management server must be the same. The default is “public”. |
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SNMP Proxy | Not applicable. |
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Location | Specifies the name (up to 64 characters) for the switch location. The default is |
| “undefined”. |
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Authentication Trap | Enables or disables the reporting of SNMP authentication failures. If enabled, a |
| notification trap is sent when incorrect community string values are used. The |
| default value is False. |
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Write Community | Write community password (up to 32 characters) that authorizes an SNMP client to |
| write information to the switch. This is a |
| and the SNMP management server must be the same. The default is “private”. |
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SNMP trap configuration
The SNMP trap configuration defines how traps are set. Choose from the tabs Trap1 – Trap 5 to configure each trap. Table 15 describes the SNMP configuration parameters.
Table 15 SNMP trap configuration parameters
Parameter | Description |
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Trap Version | Specifies the SNMP version (1 or 2) with which to format traps. |
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Trap 1 Enabled | Enables or disables the trap. If disabled, traps are not sent to trap monitoring stations |
| and the trap settings are not configurable. |
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Trap Address1 | Specifies the IP address to which SNMP traps are sent. A maximum of 5 trap |
| addresses are supported. The default address for trap 1 is 10.0.0.254. The default |
| address for traps |
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Trap Port1 | The port number on which the trap is sent. The default is 162. |
Trap Severity | Specifies a severity level to assign to the trap. Open the |
| level. The Trap 1 Enabled option on the SNMP Properties dialog must be enabled to |
| access this |
| Critical, Error, Warning, Notify, Info, Debug, and Mark |
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1.Trap address (other than 0.0.0.0) and trap port combinations must be unique. For example, if trap 1 and trap 2 have the same address, then they must have different port values. Similarly, if trap 1 and 2 have the same port value, they must have different addresses.