User’s Manual of WGSD-1022/WGSD-8000

4.11 SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) provides a method for managing network devices. Devices supporting SNMP

run a local software (agent).

The SNMP agents maintain a list of variables, which are used to manage the device. The variables are defined in the

Management Information Base (MIB). The MIB contains the variables controlled by the agent. The SNMP protocol defines the

MIB specification format, as well as the format used to access the information over the network.

Access rights to the SNMP agents are controlled by access strings. To communicate with the device, the Embedded Web

Server submits a valid community string for authentication.

4.11.1 Global Parameters

The Global Parameters screen (see figure 4-59) contains parameters for defining SNMP notification parameters.

Figure 4-59SNMP Global Parameter

The Global Parameter Screen contains the following fields:

„ SNMPV3

• Local Engine ID

Indicates the local device engine ID. The field value is a hexadecimal string. Each

 

byte in hexadecimal character strings consists of two hexadecimal digits. Each byte

 

can be separated by a period or a colon. The Engine ID must be defined before

 

SNMPv3 is enabled. For stand-alone devices, select a default Engine ID that is

 

comprised of Enterprise number and the default MAC address.

 

For a stackable system configure the Engine ID, and verify that the Engine ID is

 

unique for the administrative domain. This prevents two devices in a network from

 

having the same Engine ID.

• Use Default

Uses the device generated Engine ID. It’s defined per standard as:

 

First 4 octets — first bit = 1, the rest is IANA Enterprise number. To locate the IANA

 

Enterprise number by referring to the Vendor website, or use the show SNMP

 

command using a CLI interface.

 

 

 

 

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