Foundry NetIron M2404C and M2404F Metro Access Switches
Configuring SNMP (Rev. 03)
Simple Network Management Protocol
© 2008 Foundry Networks, Inc.
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Argument Description
time
The time in seconds to wait for an acknowledgement before resending an
unacknowledged Inform PDU.
Example
The following example sets the time for to wait for an acknowledgement before resending an
unacknowledged Inform PDU to 10 seconds:
device-name
(config)#
snmp-server inform timeout 10
Enabling Specifying a Loopback Interface
The
snmp-server source-notify
command, in Global Configuration mode, enables specifying a
loopback interface, whose IP address will be used as source IP address for outgoing SNMP
notification packets. The
no
form of this command removes the SNMP notification source
addresses.
For the
snmp-server source-notify
command to take effect, the selected interface should first be
configured.
Command Syntax
device-name
(config)#
snmp-server source-notify IFNAME
device-name
(config)#
no snmp-server source-notify
Argument Description
IFNAME
Name of a loopback IP interface in the form lo
N
, where
N
is an integer in the range
<1-9>. If the selected name is not that of the loopback interface, the following
error message will be generated:
% Incorrect interface name.
SNMP MIB-II System Group Elements Commands
Table 6
lists the configuration commands for the SNMP MIB-II system group elements.
Table 6: SNMP MIB-II System Group Elements Configuration Commands
Command
Description
snmp-server contact
Sets the MIB-II system contact string.
snmp-server system-name
Sets the MIB-II system name.
snmp-server location
Sets the MIB-II system location string.
Defining the System Contact String
The
snmp-server contact
command, in Global Configuration mode, sets the MIB-II system
contact string. The
no
form of this command removes the SNMP system contact string.
The system contact string is used for the textual identification of the contact person for this
managed node, together with information on how to contact this person. If no contact information
is known, the value is a zero-length string.