Nortel Networks ALTEON OS BMD00007 - Manual (Page 191)

Alteon OS Command Reference
The Configuration Menu „ 193 BMD00007, November 2007
cfg/sys/ssnmp
System SNMP Configuration
Alteon OS supports SNMP-based network management. In SNMP model of network manage-
ment, a management station (client/manager) accesses a set of variables known as MIBs (Man-
agement Information Base) provided by the managed device (agent). If you are running an
SNMP network management station on your network, you can manage the switch using the
following standard SNMP MIBs:
„ MIB II (RFC 1213)
„
Ethernet MIB (RFC 1643)
„ Bridge MIB (RFC 1493)
An SNMP agent is a software process on the managed device that listens on UDP port 161 for
SNMP messages. Each SNMP message sent to the agent contains a list of management objects
to retrieve or to modify.
SNMP parameters that can be modified include:
„ System name
„
System location
„ System contact
„ Use of the SNMP system authentication trap function
„
Read community string
„ Write community string
„
Trap community strings
[System SNMP Menu]
snmpv3 - SNMPv3 Menu
name - Set SNMP "sysName"
locn - Set SNMP "sysLocation"
cont - Set SNMP "sysContact"
rcomm - Set SNMP read community string
wcomm - Set SNMP write community string
trsrc - Set SNMP trap source interface
timeout - Set timeout for the SNMP state machine
auth - Enable/disable SNMP "sysAuthenTrap"
linkt - Enable/disable SNMP link up/down trap
cur - Display current SNMP configuration