User guide

Configure Network Settings
Chapter 1 Command Line Configuration Tasks 33
Configure the Host Table
To configure the host table, which maps IP addresses to host names, enter:
#> set host name=name ip=ip address
where:
• name is the name the host
• ip address is the IP address of the host
For example, the following commands configure three IP address-to-name
mappings:
#> set host name=poe ip=204.221.110.200
#> set host name=gary ip=204.221.110.202
#> set host name=toni ip=204.221.110.203
For more information, see "set host" on page 124.
Configure SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is the network
management protocol that governs the exchange between nodes and
stations.
The TCP/IP network management architecture contains the following
components:
• Managed nodes, such as host systems, routers, terminal and
communications servers (such as device server) and other network
devices.
• One or more network managers (also called network management
stations), which are the points from which the network is managed.
• Agents that reside on managed nodes and retrieve management
information and communicate this information to network managers.
• The network management protocol, SNMP, which governs the
exchange of information between the nodes and stations.
• Management information, which is the database of information about
managed objects. This database is called the management information
base (MIB).
Each managed node contains at least one agent—a component that
responds to requests from the network manager—that retrieves network
management information from its node and notifies the manager when
significant events occur.
A mechanism defined by SNMP is called a trap, which is a report or “alarm”
from a managed node to an SNMP manager that a significant event has
occurred.