Allied Telesis AT-S97 - Manual (Page 202)

Chapter 12: Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Commands
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Overview
The AT-S97 Management Software has a Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMP) feature that enables you to manage a media converter
by viewing and changing the management information base (MIB) objects
on the device.The AT-S97 software supports SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c.
With the SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c protocols, you can create community
strings and define up to four SNMP manager IP addresses. SNMP is a
flexible tool that is used for managing Ethernet links and networks.
To manage a unit using an SNMP application program, do the following:
ˆ Load the Allied Telesis private MIBs onto a Network Management
System (NMS) application program. The MIBs are available from the
Allied Telesis web site at www.alliedtelesis.com.
ˆ To manage the media converter using SNMP, you need to know the IP
address of the unit or of the master unit of an enhanced stack and at
least one of the unit’s community strings. For instructions on how to
assign an IP address to a unit, see Chapter 4, “IP Configuration
Commands” on page 47.
ˆ If you assign the management module an IP address, you must
connect the 10/100/1000Base-T Management port on the module to a
network device.
Community
String Attributes
An SNMP community string has attributes for controlling who can use the
string and what the string allows network management to do on the media
converter. The attributes of community strings are defined in the following
sections.
Community String Name
A community string must have a name of one to fourteen alphanumeric
characters. Spaces are not allowed.
Trap Receivers
A trap is a signal sent to one or more management workstations by the
unit to indicate the occurrence of a particular operating event on the
device. There are numerous operating events that can trigger a trap. For
instance, resetting the unit or the failure of a fan are two examples of
occurrences that cause a media converter to send a trap to the
management workstations. You can use traps to monitor activities on the
unit.