Troubleshooting Guide

Table Of Contents
Chapter 20: Upper layer troubleshooting
This section describes troubleshooting for Layer 4 to 7 applications.
Troubleshooting SNMP
About this task
Troubleshoot Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) if the network management station
(NMS) does not receive traps.
Verify the management configurations for the management station. Also verify the management
station setup. If the management station can reach a device but not receive traps, verify the trap
configurations (that is, the trap destination address and the traps to be sent).
If you enable enhanced secure mode, the VSP switch does not support the default SNMPv1 and
default SNMPv2 community strings, and default SNMPv3 user name. The individual in the
administrator access level role can configure a non-default value for the community strings, and the
VSP switch can continue to support SNMPv1 and SNMPv2. The individual in the administrator
access level role can also configure a non-default value for the SNMPv3 user name and the VSP
switch can continue to support SNMPv3. If you disable enhanced secure mode, the SNMPv1 and
SNMPv2 support for community strings remains the same, and the default SNMPv3 user name
remains the same. Enhanced secure mode is disabled by default.
Procedure
1. From the NMS, ping the IP address for the switch. If you can ping successfully, the IP
address is valid and you may have a problem with the SNMP setup.
If you cannot ping the switch, you have a problem with either the path or the IP address.
2. Telnet to the switch.
If you can Telnet, the switch IP address is correct.
3. If Telnet does not work, connect to the console port using a serial line connection and ensure
that the IP address configuration is correct.
4. If the management station is on a separate subnet, make sure that the gateway address and
subnet mask are correct.
5. Using a management application, perform an SNMP Get request and an SNMP Set request
(that is, try to poll the device or change a configuration using management software).
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