User`s guide

Configuring the SNMP Agent
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November 1996
Configuration
After installing the SNMP agent (as described in Chapter 2), you can configure
the following SNMP options:
H System Name: a name for this CO PC.
H System Contact: an administrator of this CO PC.
H System Location: a room or rack location identifier for this CO PC.
H Community Strings: The community string is used to identify and authenticate
information transactions between the SNMP manager and agent. Therefore,
you must configure the manager and agent to have the same community.
The default community is “public.” A different community may be used for
read-only transactions and for read/write transactions.
H Trap destination
Close and restart the agent application after making changes to the configuration
so that the new values will be used.
Configuring System Variables and Community Strings
Use the following procedure to configure the system variables and community
string:
" Procedure
1. Start the HotWire DSL SNMP Agent utility by clicking on its icon.
2. Select Options→Configuration from the menu.
3. Fill in the parameter fields.
4. Click OK.
Configuring System Trap Destination
Traps are unsolicited messages about the state of the DSL card sent by the
SNMP agent to the SNMP manager. The agent will generate the following traps:
H Warm start: Upon starting the agent.
H Link up: Upon Ethernet Link Integrity transition to good.
H Link down: Upon Ethernet Link Integrity transition to bad.
H DSL link up: Upon DSL Link state transition to up.
H DSL link down: Upon DSL Link state transition to down.