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Catalyst 3750-X and 3560-X Switch Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 35 Configuring SNMP
Configuring SNMP
Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to configure SNMP on the switch:
Command Purpose
Step 1
configure terminal Enter global configuration mode.
Step 2
snmp-server engineID {local engineid-string 
| remote ip-address [udp-port port-number] 
engineid-string}
Configure a name for either the local or remote copy of SNMP.
  • The engineid-string is a 24-character ID string with the name 
of the copy of SNMP. You need not specify the entire 
24-character engine ID if it has trailing zeros. Specify only the 
portion of the engine ID up to the point where only zeros 
remain in the value. For example, to configure an engine ID of 
123400000000000000000000, you can enter this: 
snmp-server engineID local 1234
  • If you select remote, specify the ip-address of the device that 
contains the remote copy of SNMP and the optional User 
Datagram Protocol (UDP) port on the remote device. The 
default is 162.
Step 3
snmp-server group groupname {v1 | v2c | v3 
{auth | noauth | priv}} [read readview] 
[write writeview] [notify notifyview] [access 
access-list]
Configure a new SNMP group on the remote device.
  • For groupname, specify the name of the group.
  • Specify a security model:
 –
v1 is the least secure of the possible security models.
 –
v2c is the second least secure model. It allows 
transmission of informs and integers twice the normal 
width.
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v3, the most secure, requires you to select an 
authentication level:
auth—Enabl
es the Message Digest 5 (MD5) and the 
Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA) packet authentication.
noauth—En
ables the noAuthNoPriv security level. This 
is the default if no keyword is specified.
priv—En
ables Data Encryption Standard (DES) packet 
encryption (also called privacy).
  • (Optional) Enter read readview with a string (not to exceed 64 
characters) that is the name of the view in which you can only 
view the contents of the agent.
  • (Optional) Enter write writeview with a string (not to exceed 
64 characters) that is the name of the view in which you enter 
data and configure the contents of the agent.
  • (Optional) Enter notify notifyview with a string (not to exceed 
64 characters) that is the name of the view in which you 
specify a notify, inform, or trap.
  • (Optional) Enter access access-list with a string (not to exceed 
64 characters) that is the name of the access list.










