24 Installation Guide (AA-RTDWC-TE, July 2004)

Installing and Configuring the Edge Switch 2/24

77Edge Switch 2/24 Installation Guide

To configure SNMP trap recipients:

1. At the Hardware View page for the selected switch, choose Configure >

SNMP Agent. The Configure SNMP Agent dialog box displays (Figure 22).

Figure 22: Configure SNMP Agent dialog box

a. For each trap recipient to be configured, enter a community name of 64 or

fewer alphanumeric characters in the associated Community Name field.

The community name is incorporated in SNMP trap messages to ensure

against unauthorized viewing or use.

b. Click the check box in the Write Authorization column to enable or

disable write authorization for the trap recipient (default is disabled). A

check mark in the box indicates write authorization is enabled. When the

feature is enabled, a management workstation user can change the HAFM

appliance’s sysContact, sysName, and sysLocation SNMP

variables.

c. Enter the IP address or DNS host name of the trap recipient (SNMP

management workstation) in the associated Trap Recipient field. Use 32

or fewer alphanumeric characters. It is recommended that the IP address

be used.

d. The default user datagram protocol (UDP) port number for trap recipients

is 162. Enter a decimal port number in the associated UDP Port

Number field to override the default.

2. To enable transmission of trap messages to configured SNMP management

workstations, click Enable Authorization Traps. A check mark displays in

the box when transmission is enabled (Figure 23).