Simple Network Management Protocol (Snmp) - 3Com SuperStack II 9300 Command Reference Manual

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1 Assign an IP address to either the system processor out-of-band Ethernet
2 Set the destination IP address to which the traps are forwarded by the
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ANAGEMENT
(SNMP)
You can manage the system using a Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMP)-based external management application (called the
SNMP manager) that sends requests to the system.
The SNMP agent provides access to the collection of information about
the system, called Management Information Bases (MIBs). Your views of
MIB information differ depending on the SNMP management method
that you choose. In addition, you can configure an SNMP agent to send
traps to an SNMP manager to report significant events. Access to system
information through SNMP is controlled by community strings. You can
use either an in-band or an out-of-band IP interface to manage the
system with SNMP.
This chapter provides guidelines and other key information about how to
set up SNMP in your system.
To configure SNMP for system management with SNMP:
port or an in-band Ethernet port.
system agent.
For more information about setting up SNMP, see the Implementation
Guide for your system.
To set community strings, snmp authentication_trap, and snmp
extensions on a CoreBuilder
CoreBuilder 9000 Enterprise Management Engine User Guide .
You can access the Remote Monitoring (RMON) capabilities of the
CoreBuilder 3500 through SNMP applications such as Transcend
Network Control Services software.
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9000 Enterprise Switch, see the
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