LevelOne GSW-1676, User Manual

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SNMP
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SNMP
Use the SNMP Settings page to configure the Simple Network
Management Protocol (SNMP), including enabling the local SNMP agent
on this switch, specifying a trap manager, and setting the access strings.
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a communication
protocol designed specifically for managing devices on a network.
Equipment commonly managed with SNMP includes switches, routers
and host computers. SNMP is typically used to configure these devices for
proper operation in a network environment, as well as to monitor them to
evaluate performance or detect potential problems. The switch includes an
onboard SNMP agent that continuously monitors the status of its
hardware, as well as the traffic passing through its ports. A network
management station can access this information using network
management software. Access rights to the onboard agent are controlled
by community strings. To communicate with the switch, the management
station must first submit a valid community string for authentication.
Field Attributes
• SNMP Enabled - Enables or disables SNMP on the switch. Supports
SNMP version 1 and 2c management clients.
• SNMP Trap Destination - IP address of the trap manager to receive
notification messages from this switch. Traps indicating status changes
are issued by the switch to specified trap managers. You must specify
trap managers so that key events are reported by this switch to your
management station.
• SNMP Authentication Failure Traps Enabled – Issues a notification
message to specified IP trap managers whenever authentication of an
SNMP request fails. This can occur if an incorrect community string is
supplied for SNMP authentication. (Default: Disabled)
• SNMP Read Community - A community string that acts like a
password and permits read access to the SNMP database on this switch.
Authorized management stations are only able to retrieve MIB objects.