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OmniSwitch AOS Release 8 Switch Management Guide May 2014 page 9-1
9 Using SNMP
The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is an application-layer protocol that allows
communication between SNMP managers and SNMP agents on an IPv4 as well as on an IPv6 network.
Network administrators use SNMP to monitor network performance and to manage network resources.
In This Chapter
This chapter describes SNMP and how to use it through the Command Line Interface (CLI). CLI
commands are used in the configuration examples; for more details about the syntax of commands, see the
OmniSwitch AOS Release 8 CLI Reference Guide.
Configuration procedures described in this chapter include:
• ‘‘Setting Up An SNMP Management Station’’ on page 9-3
• ‘‘Setting Up Trap Filters’’ on page 9-4
• “Using SNMP For Switch Security” on page 9-9
• “Working with SNMP Traps” on page 9-12
This chapter also includes lists of Industry Standard and Enterprise (Proprietary) MIBs used to manage the
OmniSwitch.