User Guide

OmniAccess RN: User Guide
192 Part 031650-00 May 2005
3 If the administrator is using SNMPv3 for getting the values from the Alcatel
Mobility Controller, follow the steps below to configure valid users for
SNMPv3.
Field Description
Expected/recommended
Values
1. Host Name Host name for all Access
Points in the network.
Any name to identify the
devices as Alcatel APs.
2. System Location Location for Access
Points in the network
String to identify the
location of the APs.
3. System Contact Contact name or
information for
administrative contact.
String to identify
administrative contact for
all APs.
4. Enable SNMP Traps Enables generation of
SNMP traps from all
Access Points. Refer to
the list of traps in “SNMP
traps” section for a
complete list of traps that
may be generated by
Alcatel Access Points in
the network.
Select this option to enable
generation of traps. Note:
Ensure that at least one
trap receiver is configured
to complete the traps
configuration.
5. Communities Community strings used
to authenticate requests
for SNMP versions before
version 3. Note: This is
needed only if using
SNMP v2c and is not
needed if using version 3.
These are the community
strings that are allowed to
access the SNMP data
from the APs.
6. Trap receivers Host information about a
trap receiver. This host
needs to be running a trap
receiver to receive and
interpret the traps sent by
the Alcatel Access Points
Configure the following for
each host/trap receiver:
z IP address
z SNMP version: can be 1
or 2c.
z Community string
UDP port on which the trap
receiver is listening for
traps. The default is the
UDP port number 162. This
is OPTIONAL, and will use
the default port number if
not modified by the user.