Snmp Inform Recipient - Brocade Communications Systems StoreFabric SN6500B Reference

3. Execute the snmpConfig

SNMP inform recipient

An SNMP inform is similar to the SNMP trap except that the management station that receives an
SNMP inform acknowledges the system message with an SNMP response packet data unit (PDU).
If the sender does not receive the SNMP response PDU, the inform request can be sent again. An
SNMP inform request is saved in the switch memory until a response is received or the request
times out. The informs are more reliable and they consume more resources in the device and in the
network. Use SNMP informs only if it is important that the management station receives all event
notifications. Otherwise, use the SNMP traps. Brocade devices support SNMPv3 informs.
Configuring the SNMPv3 inform recipient
To configure the SNMPv3 host to receive the SNMP informs, perform the following steps.
1. Log in to the switch as admin.
2. Execute the snmpConfig
Fabric OS Message Reference
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switch:admin> snmpconfig --show snmpv3
SNMP Informs = 0 (OFF)
SNMPv3 USM configuration:
User 1 (rw): snmpadmin1
Auth Protocol: noAuth
Priv Protocol: noPriv
User 2 (rw): snmpadmin2
Auth Protocol: MD5
Priv Protocol: noPriv
User 3 (rw): snmpadmin3
Auth Protocol: MD5
Priv Protocol: DES
User 4 (ro): snmpuser1
Auth Protocol: noAuth
Priv Protocol: noPriv
User 5 (ro): snmpuser2
Auth Protocol: noAuth
Priv Protocol: noPriv
User 6 (ro): snmpuser3
Auth Protocol: noAuth
Priv Protocol: noPriv
SNMPv3 Trap configuration:
Trap Entry 1: 192.0.2.2
Trap Port: 162
Trap User: snmpadmin1
Trap recipient Severity level: 1
Trap Entry 2: fe80::224:1dff:fef6:0f21
Trap Port: 162
[...]
prompted to enable the SNMP informs, enter true or t. Informs are disabled by default.
switch:admin> snmpconfig --set snmpv3
SNMP Informs Enabled (true, t, false, f): [false] t
SNMPv3 user configuration(snmp user not configured in FOS user database will
have physical AD and admin role as the default):
User (rw): [snmpadmin1]
Auth Protocol [MD5(1)/SHA(2)/noAuth(3)]: (1..3) [3]
Configuring the syslog message destinations
show snmpv3 command to verify the SNMP agent configuration.
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set snmpv3 command to configure the inform recipient. When
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