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Chapter 3 Managing Switches 77
SNMP Trap Configuration
The SNMP trap configuration defines how traps are set. Choose from the tabs Trap1
– Trap 5 to configure each trap.
Note – The Trap Community string is now per trap, but only when pointing at a
switch running 7.4 or newer firmware. With firmware older than 7.4, there is just one
trap community string for all SNMP configuration.
TABLE 3-8 describes the SNMP configuration parameters.
SNMP Proxy If enabled, you can use SNMP to monitor and configure any switch in
the fabric.
Location Specifies the name (up to 64 characters) for the switch location. The
default is “undefined”.
Authentication Trap Enables or disables the reporting of SNMP authentication failures. If
enabled, a notification trap is sent when incorrect community string
values are used. The default value is "False".
Write Community Write community password (up to 32 characters) that authorizes an
SNMP client to write information to the switch. This is a write-only
field. The value on the switch and the SNMP management server must
be the same. The default is “private”.
TABLE 3-8 SNMP Trap Configuration Parameters
Parameter Description
Trap Version Specifies the SNMP version (1 or 2) with which to format traps.
Trap 1 Enabled Enables or disables the trap. If disabled, traps are not sent to trap
monitoring stations and the trap settings are not configurable.
Trap Address
*
Specifies the IP address to which SNMP traps are sent. A maximum of 5
trap addresses are supported. The default address for trap 1 is 10.0.0.254.
The default address for traps 2–5 is 0.0.0.0.
TABLE 3-7 SNMP Configuration Parameters (Continued)
Parameter Description