Administrator Guide
snmp-server host
Congure the recipient of an SNMP trap operation.
Syntax
snmp-server host ip-address | ipv6-address [vrf vrf-name] traps | informs
[version 1 | 2c | 3] [auth | no auth | priv] [community-string] [udp-port port-
number] [notification-type]
To remove the SNMP host, use the no snmp-server host ip-address [vrf vrf-name] traps |
informs [version 1 | 2c | 3] [auth | noauth | priv] [community-string] [udp-
port number] [notification-type] command.
Parameters
ip-address Enter the keyword host then the IP address of the host (congurable hosts is limited to
16).
ipv6-address Enter the keyword host then the IPv6 address of the host in the x:x:x:x::x format.
NOTE: The :: notation species successive hexadecimal elds of zero.
vrf vrf-name Enter the keyword vrf and then the name of the VRF that the SNMP server uses to
connect to the host.
NOTE: You can use this attribute to inform the SNMP engine about the vrf
instance to be used to reach the corresponding remote host to send Trap or
Inform message. If no VRF is specied, then the default VRF is used.
traps (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword traps to send trap notications to the specied host.
The default is traps.
informs (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword informs to send inform notications to the specied
host. The default is traps.
version 1 | 2c | 3 (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword version to specify the security model then the security
model version number 1, 2c, or 3:
• Version 1 is the least secure version.
• Version 3 is the most secure of the security modes.
• Version 2c allows transmission of informs and counter 64, which allows for integers
twice the width of what is normally allowed.
The default is version 1.
auth (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword auth to specify authentication of a packet without
encryption.
noauth (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword noauth to specify no authentication of a packet.
priv (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword priv to specify both authentication and then scrambling
of the packet.
community-string Enter a text string (up to 20 characters long) as the name of the SNMP community.
1496 Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and Syslog