Bay Networks BayStack 303 User Manual page 75

information and forward the data to a network management station, where
network managers perform diagnostic and advanced planning operations. The use
of SNMP, a common and well-defined protocol, allows the network manager to
manage any SNMP-compliant device in a multivendor environment.
The Management Information Base (MIB) is a database that stores all of the
collected statistics and holds them in specific structures. MIB data includes
configuration and control parameters and statistical data such as the number of
errors sent and received on a port.
Additional information is collected by the following MIBS and RMONs:
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Note: EtherStats Alarms and Events entries are saved through power cycle
The BayStack switch has a management core that gathers statistics from each of
the network ports; maintains the MIB; and, when a message for the SNMP
manager arrives, retrieves the information, puts it into the right form, and sends it
out the appropriate port.
Access to the switch through SNMP is controlled by community names.
The community names set for the switch must match those used by the SNMP
management station for successful communication to occur. The switch uses two
community names. The "public" community name allows read-only access to the
device through SNMP. The "private" community name allows read-write access.
893-01010-A
MIB II
Bridge MIB
Groups 1, 2, 3, and 9 RMON
— Group 1: Stats (EtherStats Table)
— Group 2: History (history control Table, Ether history control Table)
Only etherStats is supported by history, and the number of buckets is
limited to 150.
— Group 3: Alarm (alarm Table)
— Group 9: Events (event Table, log Table)
of the switch. History entries are not saved through a power cycle.
Alarms, events, and logs are limited to 20 entries each.
Customizing and Managing the BayStack Switches
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