Configuration Guidelines - 3Com LANPLEX 6000 User Manual

Setting Up SNMP on Your System 3-19
Configuration Guidelines
The configuration guidelines for each method of management are
described below:
To configure SNMP for system management with a single SNMP agent you
Method I
must:
Assign an IP address to at least one of the LMM+ FDDI MACs or the LMM+
Ethernet port.
Set the SNMP mode to singleAgent.
Set the destination IP address(es) of the management station(s) where traps
should be forwarded by the system agent.
To configure SNMP for direct management with multiple agents you must:
Method II
Assign at least one IP address for the LMM+ and for each switching module
(ESM, EFSM, and TRSM).
Set the SNMP mode to multipleAgent.
Set the destination IP address(es) of the management station(s) where traps
should be forwarded by each agent.
To configure SNMP for indirect management with multiple agents you
Method III
must:
Assign a single IP address for the LMM+ or for one of the ESMs, EFSMs, and
TRSM's. This will be the proxy agent.
Set the SNMP mode to multipleAgent.
Set the proxy agent as the destination agent through which traps should be
proxied by the other agents in the system. For the proxy agent, configure
the destination IP address(es) of the management station(s) where traps
should be forwarded.
Find the community strings needed for proxy in lpsSnmpInternalProxyTable
located in the LANplex Systems MIB.
To configure SNMP for both direct and indirect management with multiple
Combining
Methods II and III
agents, you must:
Assign at least one IP address for the LMM+ and for each switching module
that you want to manage directly.