FW 08.01.00 McDATA Sphereon 4500 Fabric Switch Installation and Service Manual (620-000159-330, November 2005)

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Configure SNMP
Perform this procedure to configure names, write authorizations,
addresses, and UDP port numbers for SNMP trap message recipients.
To configure recipient workstations:
1. Select SNMP Agent from the Configure menu at any view. The
Configure SNMP dialog box displays (Figure 2-32).
Figure 2-32 Configure SNMP Dialog Box
a. Click Enable SNMP Agent and Enable Authentication Traps to
activate the installed agent and enable transmission of SNMP
trap messages to recipients.
b. Select the appropriate FA MIB from the Fibre Alliance MIB Trap
Version drop-down list. Valid selections are FA MIB Version
3.0 or FA MIB Version 3.1.
c. For each configured recipient, type a community name of 32
alphanumeric characters or less in the Community Name field.
The name is incorporated in SNMP trap messages to ensure
against unauthorized viewing.
d. Click (check) the box in the Write Authorization column to
enable write authorization for the trap recipient (default is
disabled). When enabled, a configured user can change
sysContact, sysName, and sysLocation SNMP variables.
e. Type the IP address or DNS host name of the trap recipient
(SNMP management workstation) in the Trap Recipient field. It
is recommended the IP address be used.