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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.
Managed devices supporting SNMP contain software, which runs locally
on the device and is referred to as an agent. A defined set of variables,
known as managed objects, is maintained by the SNMP agent and used to
manage the device. These objects are defined in a Management
Information Base (MIB) that provides a standard presentation of the
information controlled by the agent. SNMP defines both the format of the
MIB specifications and the protocol used to access this information over
the network.
The switch includes an onboard agent that supports SNMP versions 1, 2c,
and 3. This agent continuously monitors the status of the switch hardware,
as well as the traffic passing through its ports. A network management
station can access this information using software such as HP OpenView.
Access to the onboard agent from clients using SNMP v1 and v2c is
controlled by community strings. To communicate with the switch, the
management station must first submit a valid community string for
authentication.
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Page 36: ...GETTING STARTED ...
Page 72: ...MANAGING SYSTEM FILES 2 24 ...
Page 74: ...SWITCH MANAGEMENT ...
Page 90: ...CONFIGURING THE SWITCH 3 16 ...
Page 245: ...SHOWING PORT STATISTICS 8 33 Figure 8 12 Port Statistics ...
Page 252: ...ADDRESS TABLE SETTINGS 9 6 ...
Page 318: ...CLASS OF SERVICE 12 16 ...
Page 330: ...QUALITY OF SERVICE 13 12 ...
Page 348: ...DOMAIN NAME SERVICE 15 8 ...
Page 404: ...IP ROUTING 17 44 ...
Page 406: ...COMMAND LINE INTERFACE ...
Page 608: ...MIRROR PORT COMMANDS 26 4 ...
Page 644: ...SPANNING TREE COMMANDS 29 28 ...
Page 668: ...VLAN COMMANDS 30 24 ...
Page 686: ...CLASS OF SERVICE COMMANDS 31 18 ...
Page 700: ...QUALITY OF SERVICE COMMANDS 32 14 ...
Page 792: ...IP INTERFACE COMMANDS 36 50 ...
Page 818: ...APPENDICES ...
Page 824: ...SOFTWARE SPECIFICATIONS A 6 ...
Page 828: ...TROUBLESHOOTING B 4 ...
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