Cabletron Systems CyberSWITCH CSX150 User Manual

Also see for CyberSWITCH CSX150: User guide Quick start guide

Contents

CONFIGURING SNMPOVERVIEWA Network Management Station (NMS) is a device that contains SNMP-specific software, giving itthe ability to query SNMPAgents using various SNMP commands. If you have purchased an NMS(such as Cabletron’s SPECTRUM® Management Platform), you should enable and configure theCyberSWITCH to be an SNMP Agent. This will allow you to use the NMS to monitor theCyberSWITCH and other remote devices on your network. (Refer to Remote Management: SNMP.)On the CyberSWITCH, SNMP is disabled when you first install your system software. (This is thedefault.) To enable the CyberSWITCH as an SNMP agent, you must first enable IP routing, thenconfigure SNMP. SNMP configuration steps include:• enabling IP routing (if not already enabled)• enabling SNMP• entering Community Name information• entering SNMP trap information (optional)• changing the MIB-2 system group objects (optional)Notes: The SNMP management station must have the latest enterprise MIB (the ih_mib.asnfile), and the CyberSWITCH must be running the latest software release to take advantageof the available SNMP features.If you are using Cabletron’s SPECTRUM® Element Manager™ as NMS, the enterprise MIBis already built into its software.If you are using a non-Cabletron product for NMS, you must perform a copy and compileof the latest enterprise MIB (i.e., the ih_mib.asn file) on the NMS before beginning theCyberSWITCH SNMP configuration.If the NMS SNMP software requires the MIB objects that it manages to be defined in aformat other than ASN.1, the NMS must have some type of “MIB Formatter” or “MIBCompiler” software. A MIB formatter is SNMP Management Station vendor-specificsoftware that converts MIB data from ASN.1 format to the format understood by the givenmanager. This MIB Formatter software should be executed using the ih_mib.asn file asinput.C ONFIGURING SNMPU SING CFGEDITBefore configuring the SNMP Agent, you must have the following information:• the Community Name(s) used in SNMP request messages generated by the NetworkManagement Station• the IP address of the Network Management Station• the Community Name to be used in Trap messages received by the Network ManagementStation