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Chapter
6
SNMP Access
In this chapter
• SNMP overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
• SNMP community strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
• User-based security model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
• Defining SNMP views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
• SNMP version 3 traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
• Displaying SNMP Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
• SNMP v3 configuration examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Table 37 lists individual Brocade ICX 6650 switches and the SNMP access methods they support.
These features are supported in full Layer 3 software images, except where explicitly noted.
SNMP overview
SNMP is a set of protocols for managing complex networks. SNMP sends messages, called protocol
data units (PDUs), to different parts of a network. SNMP-compliant devices, called agents, store
data about themselves in Management Information Bases (MIBs) and return this data to the SNMP
requesters.
The Brocade ICX 6650 Switch Security Configuration Guide introduces a few methods used to
secure SNMP access. This chapter presents additional methods for securing SNMP access to
Brocade devices. It contains the following sections:
• “SNMP community strings”
• “User-based security model”
• “SNMP v3 configuration examples”
TABLE 37 Supported SNMP access features
Feature Brocade ICX
6650
SNMP v1, v2, v3 Yes
Community strings Yes
User-based security model for SNMP v3 Yes
SNMP v3 traps Yes
Defining the UDP port for SNMP v3 traps Yes
SNMP v3 over IPv6 Yes
AES encryption for SNMP v3 Yes