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307 | BranchController Config for Controllers Dell Networking W-Series ArubaOS 6.4.x| User Guide
Parameter Description
Community
Strings for
SNMPv1 and
SNMPv2
Enter community string to authenticate SNMPv1 and SNMPv2 requests. For more information
on SNMP settings, see Configuring SNMP.
Trap Receiver Enter host information about a SNMP trap receiver that can receive and interpret the traps
sent by the controller. Click New, enter the following types of trap information, then click Add.
l IP address: Trap receiver IP address
l SNMP version: SNMPv1,SNMPv 2c, or SNMPv3.
l Security Name: SNMP security name string
l Engine ID: Engine ID of SNMP server in hexadecimal format. (SNMPv3 only)
l UDP Port: UDP port on which the trap receiver listens for traps. The default is the UDP
port number 162.
l Type: Specify whether the controller can send inform messages to the trap receiver to
acknowledge traps. (SNMPv2c or SNMPv3 only)
l Retry: If the controller is configured to send inform messages, this field specifies the
number of times the controller will retry sending inform messages to the trap receiver
before giving up.
l Timeout: Estimated round trip time to the trap receiver, in seconds.
For more information on SNMP settings, see Configuring SNMP.
SNMPv3 Users Information about SNMPv3 users. Click New to open a message box that allows you to enter
the following information types, then click Add.
l User: A string representing the name of the SNMP user.
l Authentication Protocol: Select either MD5 or SHA authentication
l Authentication Password: Authentication key for use with the SHA authentication
protocol.
l Privacy Protocol: Select either AES or DES encryption.
l Privacy Password: Privacy key for encrypted messages.
For more information on SNMP settings, see Configuring SNMP.
Networking Configuration
Configure user and uplink VLANs for the branch controllers in a branch config group, map named VLANs to one
ore more VLAN IDs, define branch config group port settings and tunnels, and enable or disable the Spanning
Tree Protocol (STP) by navigating to Configuration>Branch>Smart Config and selecting the Networking
tab.
Use the configuration settings on the Networking tab to configure the PortFast andBPDU Guard features for a
branch config group. For complete details on these features, see PortFast and BPDU Guard on page 320.
The settings on the Networking tab are described in the table below.