Specifications

Configuring SNMP
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1. Determinesifthe“keys”fortrap“doors”doexist.ThekeythatSNMPislookingforisthe
notificationentrycreatedwiththesetsnmpnotifycommand.
2. Searchesforthedoorsmatchingsuchakeyandverifiesthatthedoorisavailable.Ifso, this
dooristaggedorboundto
thenotificationentry.Itwasbuiltusingthesetsnmptargetaddr
command,whichspecifiesthemanagementstationIPaddresstowhichthisdoorleads,and
the“procedure”(targetparams)tocrossthedoorstep
3. Verifiesthatthedescriptionofhow tostepthrough thedooris,infact,there.Theagentchecks

targetparamsentriesanddeterminesthisdescriptionwasmadewiththesetsnmp
targetparamscommand,whichtellsexactlywhichSNMPprotocoltouseandwhat
communityorusernametoprovide.
4. Verifiesthatthespecifiedname,configuredusingeitherthesetsnmpcommunityorsetsnmp
usercommandisavailable.
5. Sendsthe
notificationmessagetothetargetaddress.
SNMP Defaults
Device Start Up Configuration
Bydefault,SNMPv1isconfiguredonEnterasysswitches.Table 4liststhedefaultconfiguration
parameters,whichincludeasinglecommunityname‐public‐grantingread‐writeaccesstothe
wholeMIBtreeforbothSNMPv1andSNMPv2c.
Youcanrevisethisdefaultconfigura tionbyfollowingthestepsdescribedin“Addingtoor
Modifying
theDefaultConfiguration”onpage 11.
TotakeadvantageoftheadvancedsecurityandotherfeaturesavailableinSNMPv3,itis
recommendedthatyouaddtothe EnterasysdefaultconfigurationbyconfiguringSNMPv3as
describedin“ConfiguringSNMPv3”onpage 11.
Referalsoto“ConfiguringSecureSNMPCommunityNames”onpage
18foradescriptionofa
recommendedconfigurationthatwillpreventunsecuredaccesstoSNMPinformation.
Table 4 Default Enterasys SNMP Configuration
Parameter Default Value
Community name public
Group access privileges rw (read-write)
Group user name public
Security model v1
Security access rights all (for read, write, and notify access)
MIB view all (entire MIB tree)