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The 2800 SW will always generate cold boot and port link up traps (if connected) while booting; this behaviour
is fixed through using the SNMP MIB group mgmt:snmp:snmp-Traps:TrapsInfo (in RFC1213-MIB). Link-
down/up traps will be sent when a port is disconnected and connected, respectively.
Polling
Depending on facilities offered by the SNMP manager, a number of variables can be read out and in a few cases
be edited and set. Many 2800 SW variables are contained in the ‘system’ and ‘interfaces’ sections of RFC1213-
MIB. Others are found in RFC1493 (bridge MIB), RFC1493 (Ethernet), and RFC1757 (RMON MOB).
The examples and drawing are taken from the Castle Rock SNMPc manager.
Figure 16. A number of devices centred around two switches connected to a management PC;
diagram drawn by hand in Castle Rock’s SNMPc.
Figure 15. Part of the 2800 SW port table called up using Castle Rock’s SNMPc. Admin status can be set by the user