Reference Guide
892 | Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
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To configure the system to send SNMP notifications:
Table 45-1 lists the traps the RFC-defined SNMP traps and the command used to enable each. Note that the
coldStart and warmStart traps are enabled using a single command.
Enable a subset of Dell Force10 enterprise specific SNMP traps using one of the listed command options in
Table 45-2 with the command
snmp-server enable traps. Note that the envmon option enables all
environment traps including those that are enabled with the envmon supply, envmon temperature, and
envmon fan options.
Step Task Command Command Mode
1 Configure the Dell Force10 system to send
notifications to an SNMP server.
• Enter the keyword
traps to send trap messages.
• Enter the keyword informs to send
informational messages.
• Enter the keyword version to send the SNMP
version to use for notification messages.
• Enter the name of the
community-string to
identify the SNMPv1 community string.
snmp-server host ip-address
[traps | informs] [version 1 | 2c
|3] [community-string]
CONFIGURATION
2
Specify which traps the Dell Force10 system sends
to the trap receiver.
• Enable all Dell Force10 enterpriseSpecific and
RFC-defined traps using the command
snmp-server enable traps from
CONFIGURATION mode.
• Enable all of the RFC-defined traps using the
command snmp-server enable traps snmp
from CONFIGURATION mode.
snmp-server enable traps
CONFIGURATION
3
Specify the interfaces out of which FTOS sends
SNMP traps.
snmp-server trap-source
CONFIGURATION
Table 45-1. RFC 1157 Defined SNMP Traps on FTOS
Command Option Trap
snmp authentication SNMP_AUTH_FAIL:SNMP Authentication failed.Request with invalid community string.
snmp coldstart SNMP_COLD_START: Agent Initialized - SNMP COLD_START.
SNMP_WARM_START: Agent Initialized - SNMP WARM_START.
snmp linkdown PORT_LINKDN:changed interface state to down:%d
snmp linkup PORT_LINKUP:changed interface state to up:%d
Table 45-2. Dell Force10 Enterprise-specific SNMP Traps
Command Option Trap
envmon CARD_SHUTDOWN: %sLine card %d down - %s
CARD_DOWN: %sLine card %d down - %s
LINECARDUP: %sLine card %d is up
CARD_MISMATCH: Mismatch: line card %d is type %s - type %s required.










