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GE Reason Switches Chapter 7
– Configuration
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System:
System menu allows configuring basic SNMP settings and protocol enable. Allowed
configuration is as shown below.
o
Mode : select if SNMP should be enabled or not. Allowed values are
Enabled , to enable the SNMP protocol usage or Disabled , to
disable the SNMP protocol usage.
o
Version : select which version of SNMP should be used. Allowed
values are SNMPv1, SNMPv2c and SNMPv3 ;
o
Read Community : indicate the community read access string,
which will permit SNMP agent access. Used only on SNMPv1 and
SNMPv2c versions. SNMPv3 version community information is get
at the communities table. Allowed string length is up to 255 and
allowed characters are the ASCII characters from 32 to 126
(basically letters, numbers and other characters, such as “ - “ or “_”);
o
Write Community : indicate the write community access string,
which will permit SNMP agent access. Used only on SNMPv1 and
SNMPv2c versions. SNMPv3 version community information is get
at the communities table. Allowed string length is up to 255 and
allowed characters are the ASCII characters from 32 to 126
(basically letters, numbers and other characters, such as “ - “ or “_”);
o
Engine ID : indicates SNMPv3 engine ID. Used only on SNMPv3
version.
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Trap:
Trap menu allows configuring trap-sending messages throughout SNMP protocol.
While SNMP general messages should be requested by an SNMP server, Trap
messages are sent automatically when an event occurs (trap messages) or cyclically
(inform messages, on SNMPv3). Allowed configuration is as shown below.
o
Global settings : select if Trap messages sending should be
Enabled or Disabled. By default, it is Disabled;
If Trap is enabled, it is necessary to configure which messages should be sent
without request of the SNMP server. Using the
Add New Entry button is possible to
insert a new Trap to be applied. When clicked, it will appear the SNMP Trap
Configuration menu, with the following fields to be configured:
o
Trap Config Name : indicates Trap configuration name. Allowed
characters are the ASCII characters from 33 to 126 (basically
letters, numbe
rs and other characters, such as “ - “ or “_”);