User guide

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ANAGING THE
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WITCH
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SNMP
Any Network Manager running the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) can
manage the switch, provided the Management Information Base (MIB) is installed
correctly on the management station. Each Network Manager provides its own user
interface to the management facilities.
The following sections describe how to get started if you want to use an SNMP
manager. It assumes you are already familiar with SNMP management. If not, refer to
the following publication:
The Simple Book
by Marshall T. Rose
ISBN 0-13-8121611-9
Published by Prentice Hall
A
CCESSING
S
WITCH
A
GENTS
To have access to the SNMP agent residing in the switch, at least one VLAN must have
an IP address assigned to it.
S
UPPORTED
MIB
S
In addition to private MIBs, the switch supports the standard MIBs listed in
Appendix A.
C
ONFIGURING
SNMP S
ETTINGS
The following SNMP parameters can be configured on the switch:
• Authorized trap receivers — An authorized trap receiver can be one or more
network management stations on your network. The switch sends SNMP traps to all
trap receivers. You can have a maximum of 16 trap receivers configured for each
switch. Entries in this list can also be created, modified, and deleted using the
RMON2 trapDestTable MIB variable, as described in RFC 2021.
• SNMP read access — The ability to read SNMP information can be restricted
through the use of an access profile. An access profile permits or denies a named list
of IP addresses and subnet masks.