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GSS Series User Manual
Alloy Computer Products Pty Ltd Copyright ©2007
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3.11 SNMP
Any Network Management System (NMS) running the Simple Network Management Protocol
(SNMP) can manage any Managed device equipped with an SNMP agent, provided that the
Management Information Base (MIB) is installed correctly on the managed devices. SNMP is
a protocol that is used to govern the transfer of information between SNMP managers and
agents and traverses the Object Identity (OID) of the Management Information Base (MIB),
described in the form of SMI syntax. The SNMP agent is running on the switch to respond to
requests issued by an SNMP manager.
The GSS-48T4SFP allows the administrator to turn the SNMP agent on or off. If SNMP is set
to “Enable”, the SNMP agent will be started. All supported MIB OIDs, including RMON MIB,
can be accessed via an SNMP manager. If SNMP is set to “Disable”, the SNMP agent will be
de-activated, the related Community Name, Trap Host IP Address, Trap and all MIB counters
will be ignored.
Fig. 3.38
SNMP: Used to enable or disable the SNMP function.
Security: Security can be enabled on all SNMP requests. If using SNMPv1 or v2
an IP address and community name can be used. If using SNMPv3 an
authentication protocol can be used with either MD5 or SHA
authentication. Three security methods are available NoAuthNoPriv,
AuthNoPriv and AuthPriv.
Version: Select SNMP v1, v2 or v3.
Authentication
Protocol: If using SNMPv3 please select the type of authentication protocol used.
IP-Port: Is used when using SNMP v1 and 2. Enter the IP address of the SNMP
server. Enter the port number used to communicate with the server.
Community: Enter the required community name.
Privacy Password: Enter the required Privacy Password. This is only used when using a
security type of AuthPriv.
Apply Button: The Apply button must be pressed after making any changes to any of
the values on this screen.