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Configuring SNMP

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Configuration Procedure: Web Interface

1. Access the web interface by entering the PortServer TS 8/16 IP address in a browser’s URL win-

dow.

2. Log in to the PortServer TS 8/16 as root.

The default password is dbps, which should be changed. See the newpass command in the Digi
One/PortServer TS Command Reference
for information on changing passwords.

3. Select Configure and then SNMP from the menu.

4. Fill in the configuration fields and then press Submit.

Configuration Procedure: Command Line

This section describes how to configure PortServer’s SNMP agent.

Related Information

See the set snmp command in the Digi One/PortServer TS Command Reference.

Starting Point

This procedure assumes that you have gathered the following information:

The IP address of the manager to which traps are sent

The name and location of the SNMP contact person

The SNMP name of the PortServer you are configuring

Procedure

Issue a

set snmp

command to configure PortServer TS 8/16’s SNMP agent. Specify the

following:

The ip address of an SNMP management station to which traps are to be sent on the trap_dest
field

A name for this PortServer TS 8/16 on the name field

A description of where PortServer TS 8/16 is located on the location field. If there are spaces in
this entry, enclose it in quotation marks.

The name of an SNMP contact person on the contact field. If there are spaces in this entry,
enclose it in quotation marks.

Whether authentication traps are generated when an authentication error occurs on the auth_trap
field

Whether the SNMP agent should run immediately on the

run

field

Configuration Example

set snmp auth_trap=on trap_dest=190.174.150.10 location=”Digi Minnesota”

name=blaze contact=”bill jones” run=on

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