Users Guide

Chapter 5 Configuring Your Library
Managing the Network
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• Choose which version of SNMP the library uses to report traps. You
can choose SNMPv1 or SNMPv2. The default is SNMPv1.
• Modify the default SNMP community string, which is used as a
password to authenticate GET and GET-NEXT SNMP v1 and SNMP
v2c messages exchanged between the library and a remote
management application. For more information, see Modifying the
SNMP Community String on page 69.
• Enable or disable SNMP authentication traps, which are messages
indicating an authentication failure. For more information, see
Enabling and Disabling SNMP Authentication Traps on page 70.
• Download the library MIB, which can be used to integrate the library
with an SNMP management application. For more information, see
Downloading the SNMP MIB on page 70.
Registering External Management Applications 5
Administrators can register transport protocols, IP addresses, and port
numbers of external management applications to enable them to receive
SNMP traps from the library. (By default, the library ignores all SNMP
SET operations, so external management applications cannot register
themselves to receive SNMP traps from the library.)
After registering the transport protocols, IP addresses, and
corresponding port numbers, you can perform a test to verify that the
library can send the SNMP traps to the addresses.
When registering external management applications to receive SNMP
traps, you can set the following parameters:
• Transport — The transport protocol. This should be the same as the
transport protocol configured on the SNMP trap receiver. Select one
of the following:
• UDP/UDP6 — User Datagram Protocol. For IPv4, select UDP; for
IPv6, select UDP6.
• TCP/TCP6 — Transmission Control Protocol. For IPv4, select
TCP; for IPv6, select TCP6.
• Host Name/IP Address — The host name or the IP address of the
external management application you want to register. A host name
may be entered only if DNS is enabled. Otherwise, IP addresses must
entered. For information on DNS, see Modifying Network Settings on
page 63.