SNMP configuration

The SNMP configuration defines how authentication traps are managed. Table 14 describes the SNMP configuration parameters. The illegal characters for the user-defined fields are the pound sign (#), semi-colon (;), and comma (,).

Table 14 SNMP configuration parameters

Parameter

Description

 

 

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.

 

 

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”.

 

 

Read Community

Read community password (up to 32 characters) 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 default is

 

“public”.

 

 

Trap Community

Trap community password (up to 32 characters) 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 default is “public”.

 

 

SNMP Proxy

Not applicable.

 

 

Location

Specifies the name (up to 64 characters) for the switch location. The default is

 

“undefined”.

 

 

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.

 

 

Write Community

Write community password (up to 32 characters) that authorizes an SNMP client 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 default is “private”.

 

 

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

 

 

Trap Version

Specifies the SNMP version (1 or 2) with which to format traps.

 

 

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.

 

 

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 2–5 is 0.0.0.0.

 

 

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 drop-down list and choose a

 

level. The Trap 1 Enabled option on the SNMP Properties dialog must be enabled to

 

access this drop-down list. Trap severity levels include Unknown, Emergency, Alert,

 

Critical, Error, Warning, Notify, Info, Debug, and Mark

 

 

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.

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