Reference Guide

1094 | Simple Network Management Protocol and Syslog
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The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is used to communicate management information
between the network management stations and the agents in the network elements. FTOS supports
SNMP versions 1, 2c, and 3, supporting both read-only and read-write modes. FTOS sends SNMP
traps, which are messages informing an SNMP management system about the network. FTOS supports
up to 16 SNMP trap receivers.
Important Points to Remember
• Typically, 5-second timeout and 3-second retry values on an SNMP server are sufficient for both
LAN and WAN applications. If you experience a timeout with these values, the recommended best
practice on Dell Force10 switches (to accommodate their high port density) is to increase the
timeout and retry values on your SNMP server to the following:
— SNMP Timeout—greater than 3 seconds
— SNMP Retry count—greater than 2 seconds
• If you want to query an E-Series switch using SNMP v1/v2/v3 with an IPv6 address, configure the
IPv6 address on a non-management port on the switch.
• If you want to send SNMP v1/v2/v3 traps from an E-Series using an IPv6 address, use a
non-management port.
• SNMP v3 informs are not currently supported with IPv6 addresses.
• If you are using ACLs in SNMP v3 configuration, group ACL overrides user ACL if the user is
part of that group.
• SNMP operations are not supported on a VLAN.
show snmp
c e s z
Display the status of SNMP network elements.
Syntax
show snmp
Command Modes
EXEC
EXEC Privilege
Command
History
Version 8.3.11.1 Introduced on Z9000
Version 7.6.1.0 Support added for S-Series
Version 7.5.1.0 Support added for C-Series
E-Series legacy command