Contents
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OmniSwitch 6800/6850/9000 Switch Management Guide
December 2007
Chapter 10
Using SNMP
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In This Chapter ..............................................................................................................10-1
SNMP Specifications ....................................................................................................10-2
SNMP Defaults .............................................................................................................10-2
Quick Steps for Setting Up An SNMP Management Station .......................................10-4
Quick Steps for Setting Up Trap Filters ........................................................................10-5
Filtering by Trap Families ......................................................................................10-5
Filtering by Individual Traps ..................................................................................10-6
SNMP Overview ...........................................................................................................10-7
SNMP Operations ..................................................................................................10-7
Using SNMP for Switch Management ...................................................................10-8
Setting Up an SNMP Management Station .....................................................10-8
SNMP Versions ......................................................................................................10-8
SNMPv1 ..........................................................................................................10-8
SNMPv2 ..........................................................................................................10-9
SNMPv3 ..........................................................................................................10-9
SNMP Traps Table ...............................................................................................10-10
Using SNMP For Switch Security ..............................................................................10-27
Community Strings (SNMPv1 and SNMPv2) .....................................................10-27
Configuring Community Strings ...................................................................10-27
Encryption and Authentication (SNMPv3) ..........................................................10-28
Configuring Encryption and Authentication .................................................10-28
Setting SNMP Security .................................................................................10-29
Working with SNMP Traps ........................................................................................10-30
Trap Filtering ........................................................................................................10-30
Filtering by Trap Families .............................................................................10-30
Filtering By Individual Trap ..........................................................................10-30
Authentication Trap ..............................................................................................10-31
Trap Management ................................................................................................10-31
Replaying Traps .............................................................................................10-31
Absorbing Traps ............................................................................................10-31
Sending Traps to WebView ...........................................................................10-31
SNMP MIB Information .............................................................................................10-32
MIB Tables ...........................................................................................................10-32
MIB Table Description ..................................................................................10-32
Industry Standard MIBs .......................................................................................10-33
Enterprise (Proprietary) MIBs ..............................................................................10-38
Verifying the SNMP Configuration ............................................................................10-43
