Intel 654655-001 manual SNMP commands, SNMP community strings

C H A P T E R 2 Configuring and Managing the Switch

add-arp-entry

add-arp-entry <IPaddress> <mac_address> <port>

Adds an entry to the ARP table manually.

del-arp-entry

del-arp-entry {<IPaddress>*}

Deletes entries from the ARP table. If you enter an IP address, the matching ARP entry is deleted. If you enter *, the entire ARP table is cleared. Use this command if the network topology has physically changed. For example, if a management station moves from one segment to another, its port number changes.

SNMP commands

This section lists commands for configuring the SNMP agent itself, access and trap configuration.

SNMP community strings

SNMP community strings authenticate access to the Management Information Base (MIB). Community strings function as “passwords” embedded in every SNMP packet. The community string must match one of the two community strings configured in the switch for the message to be processed. There are two community strings, one for each of the following type of access:

•read mode gives read access to all the objects in the MIB, but doesn’t allow write access.

•write mode gives read and write access to all objects in the MIB.

get-comm

get-comm {readwrite*}

Displays the SNMP community string for a given access mode (read or write). If the access mode is specified as *, both read and write community strings are displayed.

SYS_console> get-comm *

Current read community is: < public >

Current write community is: < private >

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