Administrator Guide

Switch Management Commands 2151
• hostname — Specifies the name of the host. (Range: 1-158 characters.)
The command allows spaces in the host name when specified in double
quotes. For example, #snmp-server v3-host “host name”. Note that the
switch will not resolve host names that are not in conformance with
RFC 1035.
• username — Specifies user name used to generate the notification.
(Range: 1-30 characters.)
• traps — Indicates that SNMP traps are sent to this host.
• informs — Indicates that SNMPv2 informs are sent to this host.
• noauth — Specifies sending of a packet without authentication.
• auth — Specifies authentication of a packet without encrypting it
• priv — Specifies authentication and encryption of a packet.
• seconds — Number of seconds to wait for an acknowledgment before
resending informs. This is not allowed for hosts configured to send traps.
The default is 15 seconds. (Range: 1-300 seconds.)
• retries — Maximum number of times to resend an inform request. This
is not allowed for hosts configured to send traps. The default is 3
attempts. (Range: 0-255 retries.)
• port — UDP port of the host to use. The default is 162. (Range: 1-
65535.)
• filtername — A string that is the name of the filter that define the filter
for this host. If unspecified, does not filter anything. (Range: 1-30
characters.)
Default Configuration
The default configuration is 3 retries and 15 seconds timeout.
Command Mode
Global Configuration mode