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FIGURE 11 SNMP query
The management station can also receive traps , unsolicited messages from the switch agent if an unusual event occurs.
FIGURE 12 SNMP trap
The agent can receive queries from one or more management stations and can send traps to up to six management stations.
Configuring SNMP using CLI
For information about Fabric OS commands for configuring SNMP, refer to the Fabric OS Command Reference .
Configuring SNMP security level
The following example sets the SNMP security level to 1 (authentication only). This setting allows all SNMPv1 users to perform GET and
SET operations on MIBs, but creates an exception for SNMPv3 users that do not have authentication and privacy privileges
(noAuthnoPriv).
switch:admin> snmpconfig --set secLevel -snmpget 0 -snmpset 3
Select SNMP GET Security Levels are 0 = No security, 1 = Authentication only, 2 = Authentication and Privacy, 3 = No Access
Select SNMP SET Security Levels are 0 = No security, 1 = Authentication only, 2 = Authentication and Privacy, 3 = No Access
NOTE
The default options are No security for GET and No access for SET.
The following table shows the security level options.
TABLE 33
Security level options
Security level Protocol Query behavior Traps
No security [0] (noAuthnoPriv) SNMPv1
SNMPv3
Allowed.
Allowed.
Sent.
Sent.
Configuring Protocols
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