Users Guide

Simple Network Management

Protocol (SNMP)

The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is designed to manage devices on IP networks by

monitoring device operation, which might require administrator intervention.

NOTE

: On Dell Networking routers, standard and private SNMP management information bases (MIBs) are

supported, including all Get and a limited number of Set operations (such as set vlan and copy cmd).

Topics:

• Protocol Overview

• Implementation Information

• SNMPv3 Compliance With FIPS

• Configuration Task List for SNMP

• Important Points to Remember

• Set up SNMP

• Reading Managed Object Values

• Writing Managed Object Values

• Configuring Contact and Location Information using SNMP

• Subscribing to Managed Object Value Updates using SNMP

• Enabling a Subset of SNMP Traps

• Enabling an SNMP Agent to Notify Syslog Server Failure

• Copy Configuration Files Using SNMP

• MIB Support to Display the Available Memory Size on Flash

• MIB Support to Display the Software Core Files Generated by the System

• Manage VLANs using SNMP

• Managing Overload on Startup

• Enabling and Disabling a Port using SNMP

• Fetch Dynamic MAC Entries using SNMP

• Deriving Interface Indices

• Monitor Port-Channels

• Enabling an SNMP Agent to Notify Syslog Server Failure

• Troubleshooting SNMP Operation

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