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Overview
SNMP is a protocol that uses the User Data Protocol (UDP) to
exchange messages between an SNMP agent (in a managed device)
and a management station residing on a network. Although SNMP
can be made available over other protocols, McDATA only supports
UDP.
To be monitored and managed remotely by a network management
station, each switch or director is equipped with an SNMP agent. This
agent is a software process within the switch that receives
management requests and generates corresponding responses by
accessing the data specified for the MIB-II, Fabric Element MIB, Fibre
Alliance MIB, and FCEOS enterprise specific MIB. In addition, the
agent gives each switch the ability to notify a management station
when an important event occurs by sending a trap to the
management station.
Five MIBs are supported:
•
A subset of the Standard MIB-II for TCP/IP –based Internet as
specified in RFC1213.
•
Fabric Element MIB containing support for FL ports as specified
in Fibre Channel standards.
•
Fibre Alliance MIB (also referred to as the FC Management MIB).
•
FCEOS MIB, the McDATA enterprise specific MIB supporting the
McDATA switch and director firmware.
McDATA SNMP
Support
McDATA SNMP Support
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