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81 Chapter 2: Installation tasks
Figure 42 Configure SNMP dialog box
a. Click Enable SNMP Agent and Enable Authentication Traps to
activate the installed agent and enable transmission of SNMP
trap messages to recipients.
b. Select the appropriate FA MIB from the Fibre Alliance MIB Trap
Version drop-down list. Valid selections are FA MIB Version
3.0
or FA MIB Version 3.1.
c. For each configured recipient, type a community name of 32
alphanumeric characters or less in the Community Name field.
The name is incorporated in SNMP trap messages to ensure
against unauthorized viewing.
d. Check the box in the Write Authorization column to enable
write authorization for the trap recipient (default is disabled).
When enabled, a configured user can change sysContact,
sysName, and sysLocation SNMP variables.
e. Type the IP address or DNS host name of the trap recipient
(SNMP management workstation) in the Trap Recipient field. It
is recommended the IP address be used.
f. Type a decimal port number in the UDP Port Number field to
specify the UDP port number
2. Click Activate to save the information and close the dialog box.
Configure threshold alerts
A threshold alert notifies users when E_Port or F_Port transmit (Tx)
or receive (Rx) throughput reaches or exceeds a specified value.
Alerts are indicated by:
4M1
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