Here is an example of how to configure a system name, system contact, and location.
device(config)# hostname zappa
zappa(config)# snmp-server contact Support Services
zappa(config)# snmp-server location Centerville
zappa(config)# end
zappa# write memory
Syntax:hostname
string
Syntax:
snmp-server contact
string
Syntax:
snmp-server location
string
The text strings can contain blanks. The SNMP text strings do not require quotation marks when they
contain blanks but the host name does.
NOTE
The
chassis name
command does not change the CLI prompt. Instead, the command assigns an
administrative ID to the device.
SNMP parameter configuration
Use the procedures in this section to perform the following configuration tasks:
• Specify a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) trap receiver.
• Specify a source address and community string for all traps sent by the device.
• Change the holddown time for SNMP traps
• Disable individual SNMP traps. (All traps are enabled by default.)
• Disable traps for CLI access that is authenticated by a local user account, a RADIUS server, or a
TACACS/ server.
NOTE
To add and modify "get" (read-only) and "set" (read-write) community strings, refer to "Security
Access" chapter in the
FastIron Ethernet Switch Security Configuration Guide
.
Specifying an SNMP trap receiver
You can specify a trap receiver to ensure that all SNMP traps sent by the Brocade device go to the
same SNMP trap receiver or set of receivers, typically one or more host devices on the network. When
you specify the host, you also specify a community string. The Brocade device sends all the SNMP
traps to the specified hosts and includes the specified community string. Administrators can therefore
filter for traps from a Brocade device based on IP address or community string.
When you add a trap receiver, the software automatically encrypts the community string you associate
with the receiver when the string is displayed by the CLI or Web Management Interface. If you want
the software to show the community string in the clear, you must explicitly specify this when you add a
trap receiver. In either case, the software does not encrypt the string in the SNMP traps sent to the
receiver.
To specify the host to which the device sends all SNMP traps, use one of the following methods.
To add a trap receiver and encrypt the display of the community string, enter commands such as the
following.
SNMP parameter configuration
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