Administrator Guide
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
and Syslog
This section contains commands to congure and monitor the simple network management protocol (SNMP) v1/v2/v3 and Syslog. Both
features are supported on Dell Networking OS.
Topics:
• SNMP Commands
• Syslog Commands
SNMP Commands
The following SNMP commands are available in the Dell Networking OS.
The simple network management protocol (SNMP) is used to communicate management information between the network management
stations and the agents in the network elements. Dell Networking OS supports SNMP versions 1, 2c, and 3, supporting both read-only and
read-write modes. Dell Networking OS sends SNMP traps, which are messages informing an SNMP management system about the
network. Dell Networking OS 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 sucient for both LAN and WAN applications. If you
experience a timeout with these values, the recommended best practice on Dell Networking 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, congure 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 access control lists (ACLs) in an SNMP v3 conguration, group ACL overrides user ACL if the user is part of that group.
• SNMP operations are not supported on a virtual local area network (VLAN).
show snmp
Display the status of SNMP network elements.
Syntax
show snmp
Command Modes
• EXEC
• EXEC Privilege
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