Enabling and Configuring SNMPSNMP is a protocol used to communicate management information between network management applications and Remote Console Switches. Other SNMP managers can communicate with your Remote Console Switch by accessing MIB-II and the public portion of the enterprise MIB. When you select the SNMP category for the first time, the AMP will retrieve the SNMP parameters from the unit.In this dialog box, you can enter system information and community strings. You may also designate which stations can manage the Remote Console Switch as well as receive SNMP traps from the switch. For more information on traps, see “Enabling Individual SNMP traps” in this chapter. If you check Enable SNMP, the unit will respond to SNMP requests over UDP port 161.
NOTE: The AMP does not use standard SNMP to control switches and therefore does not use UDP port 161. The AMP uses a secure, proprietary protocol to communicate with the Remote Console Switches over a different network port.Figure 7 8. SNMP Configuration Dialog Box
1 Select the SNMP category in the left column in the AMP.
2 Click to enable the Enable SNMP check box to allow the Remote Console Switch to respond to SNMP requests over UDP port 161.
3 Type the system’s fully qualified domain name in the Name field, as well as a node contact person in the System section.
4 Type the Read, Write, and Trap community names. These specify the community strings that must be used in SNMP actions. The Read and Write strings only apply to SNMP over UDP port 161 and act as passwords that protect access to the Remote Console Switch. The values can be up to 64 characters in length.
5 Click Apply to save the new settings.
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Click OK to save the new settings and close the window.
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Click Cancel to exit without saving the new settings.