Enabling Snmp - Siemens SCALANCE WLC711 Maintenance Manual

Capturing Exception Traffic
1 From the top menu, click Wireless Controller.
The Wireless Controller Configuration screen is displayed.
2 In the left pane, click Network > Utilities.
The Wireless Controller Utilities screen is displayed.
3 In the Tcpdump Management Port drop-down list, click the port on which the exception traffic
travels that you want to capture.
4 In the Filename box, type the name for the captured traffic file. The default name is
mgmt_traffic_dump.cap.
5 In the Capture File Size (MB) box, type the maximum size for the captured traffic file. 10 MB is the
minimum and 1 GB is the maximum size of the captured traffic file.
6 If applicable, in the Destination drop-down list, select one of the following:
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Flash – Click to save the file on the flash card.
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Local – Click to save the file locally on the controller.
7 Click Start. A dialog is displayed informing you the previously captured file will be removed.
8 To continue with the exception traffic capture, click OK. A dialog is displayed informing you the
capture has started.
If applicable, to stop the capture before it is completed, click Stop.
To Export an Exception Traffic Capture File:
9 From the top menu, click Wireless Controller.
The Wireless Controller Configuration screen is displayed.
10 In the left pane, click Network > Utilities.
The Wireless Controller Utilities screen is displayed.
11 In the Capture Files on System drop-down list, click the capture file you want to export, and then
click Export.
A File Download dialog is displayed asking you where you want to save the file.
12 Click Save.
13 Navigate to the location on your network where you want to save the file, and then click Save.

Enabling SNMP

The Wireless Controller, Access Points and Convergence Software system supports Simple Network
Management Protocol (SNMP), Version 1 and 2c and Version 3.
Note
Due to the lack of a standard .11n MIB, the SNMP protocol does not provide full support for Wireless
802.11n AP attributes.
MIB Support
The wireless controller software accepts SNMP get commands and generates Trap messages for the
following set of MIBs:
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