Chapter 6 Configuring Snmp; Configuring Snmp On The Gss - Cisco GSS-4492R-K9 Administration Manual

Configuring SNMP on the GSS

Configuring SNMP on the GSS
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SNMP obtains information from the network through a Management Information
Base (MIB). The MIB is a database of code blocks called MIB objects. Each MIB
object controls one specific function, such as counting how many bytes are
transmitted through an agent's port. The MIB object consists of MIB variables,
which define the MIB object name, description, and default value.
Each GSS or GSSM contains an SNMP agent, ucd-snmp v4.2.3, to query other
GSS devices for standard MIB resources found in MIB-II (RFC-1213) and Host
Resources MIB (RFC 2790). SNMP runs on GSS port 161 by default. The SNMP
agent receives instructions from the SNMP manager and also sends management
information back to the SNMP manager as events occur.
Before you use SNMP to monitor the GSS or GSSM, you must enable the SNMP
agent on each GSS device. In addition to enabling the SNMP agent on the GSS
device, you also specify an SNMP community name, name of the contact person,
and the physical location for the GSS device.
Be aware that existing, pre-v2.0, SNMP community, contact, and location
configurations are retained after a v2.0 software upgrade. For example, if you
have configured a company contact in v1.3 and then upgrade to GSS v2.0, that
contact will be retained after the v2.0 upgrade is completed.
Use the snmp command in global configuration mode to enable SNMP on your
GSS device. To disable SNMP on the GSS, use the no form of this command.
To configure SNMP for a GSS device, perform the following steps:
Log in to the CLI and enable privileged EXEC mode.
1.
gss1.example.com> enable
gss1.example.com#
Access global configuration mode.
2.
gss1.example.com# config
gss1.example.com(config)#
Enable the SNMP agent by using the following command.
3.
gss1.example.com(config)# snmp enable
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