Allied Telesis AT-8550 - Manual (Page 50)

Using SNMP
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Using SNMP
Any Network Manager running the Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMP) can manage the switch, provided the Management
Information Base (MIB) is installed correctly on the management
station. Each Network Manager provides its own user interface to the
management facilities.
The following sections describe how to get started if you want to use
an SNMP manager. It assumes you are already familiar with SNMP
management. If not, refer to the following publication:
The Simple Book
by Marshall T. Rose
ISBN 0-13-8121611-9
Published by Prentice Hall
Accessing Switch
Agents
To have access to the SNMP agent residing in the switch, at least one
VLAN must have an IP address assigned to it.
Note
For more information on assigning IP addresses, refer to Table 2-3 .
Supported MIBs
Any Network Manager running SNMP can manage the switch,
provided the MIB is installed correctly on the management station. In
addition to private MIBs, the switch supports the standard MIBs
listed in
Appendix A .
Configuring
SNMP Settings
The following SNMP parameters can be configured on the switch:
❑ Authorized trap receivers — An authorized trap receiver can
be one or more network management stations on your
network. The switch sends SNMP traps to all trap receivers.
You can have a maximum of six trap receivers configured for
each switch. Entries in this list can be created, modified, and
deleted using the RMON2 trapDestTable MIB variable, as
described in RFC 2021.
❑ Authorized managers — An authorized manager can be
either a single network management station, or a range of
addresses (for example, a complete subnet) specified by a
prefix and a mask. The switch can have a maximum of eight
authorized managers.