Setting Up Snmp Community Strings - Cabletron Systems SmartSwitch 8000 Getting Started Manual

Setting Up SNMP Community Strings

To use SNMP to manage the SSR, you need to set up an SNMP community on the SSR.
Otherwise, the SSR's SNMP agent runs in local trap process mode unless you disable it
using the snmp stop command. In addition, if you want to be able to access the SNMP
traps issued by the SSR's SNMP agent, you need to specify the IP address of the target for
the SNMP traps.
Use the following procedure to add the SNMP community string and specify the target for
traps.
1. Ensure that you are in Enable mode by entering the enable command in the CLI.
2. Ensure that you are in Configure mode by entering the configure command in the
CLI.
3. Use the following commands to add an SNMP community string and set a target for
the traps.
snmp set community <community-name> privilege read
snmp set target <IP-addr> community <community-name>
Note:
4. Use the show command to examine the command you have just entered into the
scratchpad.
5. Use the save active command to activate the commands you entered in the previous
steps.
6. To verify the changes, use the snmp show all command.
Here is an example of the commands and output for configuring SNMP and saving the
changes.
ssr# config
ssr(config)# snmp set community public privilege read-only
ssr(config)# snmp set target 16.50.11.12 community public
ssr(config)# save active
ssr(config)# exit
ssr# snmp show all
SNMP Agent status:
SNMP Last 2 Clients:
16.50.100.53
16.50.100.43
SNMP Chassis Identity:
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The target IP address must be locally attached to the SSR. You cannot specify
a target that is connected to the SSR by another router. If the IP address is
more than one hop away from the SSR, configure the SSR with a static route to
the target so that a cold start trap is sent.
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