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Displaying ECMP load-sharing information for IPv6....................... 135

SNMP Access..................................................................................................................... 137

Supported SNMP access features..............................................................137
SNMP overview...........................................................................................137
SNMP community strings............................................................................138

Encryption of SNMP community strings .........................................138
Adding an SNMP community string................................................ 138
Displaying the SNMP community strings........................................ 140

User-based security model......................................................................... 141

Configuring your NMS.....................................................................141
Configuring SNMP version 3 on Brocade devices.......................... 141
Defining the engine id..................................................................... 141
Defining an SNMP group................................................................ 142
Defining an SNMP user account.....................................................143

Defining SNMP views..................................................................................145
SNMP version 3 traps................................................................................. 146

Defining an SNMP group and specifying which view is notified

of traps.......................................................................................146

Defining the UDP port for SNMP v3 traps.......................................147
Trap MIB changes...........................................................................147
Specifying an IPv6 host as an SNMP trap receiver........................ 148
SNMP v3 over IPv6.........................................................................148
Specifying an IPv6 host as an SNMP trap receiver ....................... 148
Viewing IPv6 SNMP server addresses........................................... 148

Displaying SNMP Information..................................................................... 149

Displaying the Engine ID.................................................................149
Displaying SNMP groups................................................................ 149
Displaying user information.............................................................150
Interpreting varbinds in report packets............................................150

SNMP v3 configuration examples...............................................................151

Example 1....................................................................................... 151
Example 2....................................................................................... 151

Foundry Discovery Protocol (FDP) and Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) Packets .................... 153

Supported discovery protocol features....................................................... 153
FDP Overview.............................................................................................153

FDP configuration........................................................................... 154
Displaying FDP information.............................................................155
Clearing FDP and CDP information................................................ 158

CDP packets............................................................................................... 158

Enabling interception of CDP packets globally............................... 159
Enabling interception of CDP packets on an interface....................159
Displaying CDP information............................................................ 159
Clearing CDP information............................................................... 161

LLDP and LLDP-MED...........................................................................................................163

Supported LLDP features........................................................................... 163
LLDP terms used in this chapter.................................................................164
LLDP overview............................................................................................165

Benefits of LLDP............................................................................. 166

LLDP-MED overview...................................................................................167

Benefits of LLDP-MED....................................................................167
LLDP-MED class.............................................................................168

General LLDP operating principles............................................................. 168

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