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Configuring global settings for snmp – Brocade 6910 Ethernet Access Switch Configuration Guide (Supporting R2.2.0.0) User Manual

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Simple Network Management Protocol

3. Use the Administration > SNMP (Configure Trap) page to specify trap managers so that key

events are reported by this switch to your management station.

Configuring SNMPv3 Management Access

1. Use the Administration > SNMP (Configure Global) page to enable SNMP on the switch, and to

enable trap messages.

2. Use the Administration > SNMP (Configure Trap) page to specify trap managers so that key

events are reported by this switch to your management station.

3. Use the Administration > SNMP (Configure Engine) page to change the local engine ID. If you

want to change the default engine ID, it must be changed before configuring other parameters.

4. Use the Administration > SNMP (Configure View) page to specify read and write access views

for the switch MIB tree.

5. Use the Administration > SNMP (Configure User) page to configure SNMP user groups with the

required security model (i.e., SNMP v1, v2c or v3) and security level (i.e., authentication and
privacy).

6. Use the Administration > SNMP (Configure Group) page to assign SNMP users to groups, along

with their specific authentication and privacy passwords.

Configuring Global Settings for SNMP

Use the Administration > SNMP (Configure Global) page to enable SNMPv3 service for all
management clients (i.e., versions 1, 2c, 3), and to enable trap messages.

CLI References

“snmp-server”

on page 107

“snmp-server enable traps”

on page 110

Parameters
These parameters are displayed:

Agent Status – Enables SNMP on the switch. (Default: Enabled)

Authentication Traps

18

– Issues a notification message to specified IP trap managers

whenever an invalid community string is submitted during the SNMP access authentication
process. (Default: Enabled)

Link-up and Link-down Traps

18

– Issues a notification message whenever a port link is

established or broken. (Default: Enabled)

Interface
To configure global settings for SNMP:

1. Click Administration, SNMP.

2. Select Configure Global from the Step list.

3. Enable SNMP and the required trap types.

4. Click Apply

18. These are legacy notifications and therefore when used for SNMPv3 hosts, they must be enabled in

conjunction with the corresponding entries in the Notification View (see

“Setting SNMPv3 Views”

on

page 956).