Additionally, communities allow you to specify one or more addresses
or address prefixes to which you want to either allow or deny access.
By specifying a list of clients, you can control exactly which SNMP
managers have access to a particular agent.
SNMP Traps
The
a network. However, the commands do not provide a means by which events
can trigger a notification. For instance, if a link fails, the health of the link
is unknown until an SNMP manager next queries that agent.
SNMP has traps, which are unsolicited notifications that are triggered by events on
the host. When you configure a trap, you specify the types of events that can trigger
trap messages, and you configure a set of targets to receive the generated messages.
Before You Begin
Before you begin configuring SNMP, complete the following tasks:
Configuring SNMP with Quick Configuration
J-Web Quick Configuration allows you to define system identification
information, create SNMP communities, and create SNMP trap groups.
Figure 54 shows the Quick Configuration page for SNMP.
and
commands that SNMP uses are useful for querying hosts within
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set
Establish basic connectivity. See "Establishing Basic Connectivity" on page 47.
Configure network interfaces. See "Configuring Network Interfaces" on
page 79.
Configuring SNMP for Network Management
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