Users Guide

Configuring Contact and Location Information
using SNMP
You may configure system contact and location information from the Dell Networking system or from the management station using
SNMP.
To configure system contact and location information from the Dell Networking system and from the management station using SNMP,
use the following commands.
• (From a Dell Networking system) Identify the system manager along with this person’s contact information (for example, an email
address or phone number).
CONFIGURATION mode
snmp-server contact text
You may use up to 55 characters.
The default is None.
• (From a Dell Networking system) Identify the physical location of the system (for example, San Jose, 350 Holger Way, 1st floor lab,
rack A1-1).
CONFIGURATION mode
snmp-server location text
You may use up to 55 characters.
The default is None.
• (From a management station) Identify the system manager along with this person’s contact information (for example, an email
address or phone number).
CONFIGURATION mode
snmpset -v version -c community agent-ip sysContact.0 s “contact-info”
You may use up to 55 characters.
The default is None.
• (From a management station) Identify the physical location of the system (for example, San Jose, 350 Holger Way, 1st floor lab, rack
A1-1).
CONFIGURATION mode
snmpset -v version -c community agent-ip sysLocation.0 s “location-info”
You may use up to 55 characters.
The default is None.
Subscribing to Managed Object Value Updates
using SNMP
By default, the Dell Networking system displays some unsolicited SNMP messages (traps) upon certain events and conditions.
You can also configure the system to send the traps to a management station. Traps cannot be saved on the system.
Dell Networking OS supports the following three sets of traps:
• RFC 1157-defined traps — coldStart, warmStart, linkDown, linkUp, authenticationFailure, and egpNeighbborLoss.
• Dell Networking enterpriseSpecific environment traps — fan, supply, and temperature.
• Dell Networking enterpriseSpecific protocol traps — bgp, ecfm, stp, and xstp.
To configure the system to send SNMP notifications, use the following commands.
1. Configure the Dell Networking system to send notifications to an SNMP server.
CONFIGURATION mode
snmp-server host ip-address [traps | informs] [version 1 | 2c |3] [community-string]
To send trap messages, enter the keyword traps.
To send informational messages, enter the keyword informs.
To send the SNMP version to use for notification messages, enter the keyword version.
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Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)