User`s guide

7 - 2 Ethernet or Token Ring Bridge

Overview

The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) provides an indus-

try standard mechanism for the exchange of management information in

a TCP/IP based internet environment.

The resident SNMP agent in the Ethernet or Token Ring Bridge is com-

pliant with subsets of the Management Information Base (MIB-I, and

MIB-II) for TCP/IP based internets, as deﬁned in Internet’s Request for

Comment’s (RFC) 1156 and 1213.

A custom MIB has been deﬁned allowing you access to all radio network

statistics. See Appendix C “SNMP Variables”.

One advantage of SNMP is the ability to set all Console Port conﬁgura-

tions from an SNMP Network Management Station (NMS) connected to

the infrastructure. In doing so, you eliminate the need to physically con-

nect a terminal to the Ethernet or Token Ring Bridge unit in order to

complete the conﬁguration and manage the unit. This is especially help-

ful if the unit is in an inconvenient or remote location.

Using the Conﬁguration SNMP Menu

SNMP is conﬁgured using the Conﬁguration SNMP Menu shown below.

To access this menu, select Conﬁguration from the Main Menu then

select SNMP from the Conﬁguration Menu.

NOTE: HeaderThe IP address must be assigned before the Ethernet or

Token Ring Bridge can be accessed by an NMS running SNMP. See

Chapter 6 “Setting Network Identiﬁers”.

Configuration Snmp Menu

Option Value Description

1 - Enabled [ on ] - Enable the SNMP agent

2 - Communities [ menu ] - Set community properties

3 - Trapdest [ none ] - IP destination for SNMP traps

4 - Trapcomm [ "public" ] - Community for SNMP traps

5 - Loglevel [ off ] - Type of logs to cause a trap

6 - Authtrap [ off ] - Enable authentication failure trap

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