Modular Ethernet Switch User’s Guide
Using the Console Interface
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The SNMP allows up to four different community names to be defined. The community
name
public
is defined
by default; you can change this name in addition to adding others. You will need to coordinate these names
with the community name settings you use in your network management system.
Choose
Community Strings and Trap Stations
to access the third item on the main menu. The following
screen appears:
Figure 6-54. SNMP Manager Configuration screen
The following SNMP Manager and Trap Manager Configuration parameters can be set:
♦
SNMP Community String/Trap Community String
The community string that will be included on
SNMP packets sent to and from the Switch. Any station not privy to this community will not receive
the packet.
♦
Access Right
Allows each community to be separately set to either
Read Only,
meaning that the
community member can only view switch settings or
Read/Write,
which allows the member to change
settings in the switch.
♦
Status/Trap Status
Determines whether this community name entry is
Valid
or
Invalid
. An entry
can be disabled by changing its status to
Invalid
.
♦
IP Address
The IP address of the network management station to receive traps.
Switch Monitoring
The Switch uses an SNMP agent which monitors different aspects of network traffic. The SNMP agent keeps
counters and statistics on the operation of the Switch itself, and on each port on the Switch. The statistics
obtained can be used to monitor the conditions and general efficiency of the Switch.
Network Monitoring and Device Information
The
Network Monitoring
and Device Information
menu offers five items,
Traffic Statistics
,
Browse
Address Table
,
Switch History
,
Browse IGMP Status
and
Device Status
.
Choose
Network Monitoring
and Device Information
from the main menu. The following menu appears:
