Chapter 10 Using Snmp; In This Chapter - Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch 6800 Series 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.
SNMP functionality over IPv6 environment can be configured only on an OmniSwitch 6850 and 9000.

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:
''Setting Up An SNMP Management Station'' on page 10-4
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''Setting Up Trap Filters'' on page 10-5
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"Using SNMP For Switch Security" on page 10-27
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"Working with SNMP Traps" on page 10-30
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This chapter also includes lists of Industry Standard and Enterprise (Proprietary) MIBs used to manage the
OmniSwitch.
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