Chapter 3 Using Snmp; In This Chapter - Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch 6850-48 Management Manual

The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is an application-layer protocol that allows
communication between SNMP managers and SNMP agents on an IPv4 as well as on an IPv6 network.
Network administrators use SNMP to monitor network performance and to manage network resources.

In This Chapter

This chapter describes SNMP and how to use it through the Command Line Interface (CLI). CLI
commands are used in the configuration examples; for more details about the syntax of commands, see the
OmniSwitch CLI Reference Guide.
Configuration procedures described in this chapter include:
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''Setting Up An SNMP Management Station'' on page 3-4
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''Setting Up Trap Filters'' on page 3-5
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"SNMP Traps Table" on page 3-10
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"Working with SNMP Traps" on page 3-49
This chapter also includes lists of Industry Standard and Enterprise (Proprietary) MIBs used to manage the
OmniSwitch.
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