System information

8-4
Configuring for Network Management Applications
Configuring for SNMP Access to the Switch
Monitoring and Managing
the Switch
• HP Entity MIB (entity.mib)
The switch SNMP agent also uses certain variables that are included in a
Hewlett-Packard proprietary MIB file you can add to the SNMP database
in your network management tool. You can copy the MIB file from the HP
TopTools for Hubs & Switches CD, or from following World Wide Web site:
http://www.hp.com/go/procurve
For more information, refer to the Read Me First document and the
Customer Support/Warranty booklet included with your switch.
Configuring for SNMP Access to the
Switch
SNMP access requires an IP address and subnet mask configured on the
switch. (See “IP Configuration” on page 5-3.) If you are using DHCP/Bootp to
configure the switch, ensure that the DHCP/Bootp process provides the IP
address. (See “DHCP/Bootp Operation” on page 5-11.)
Once an IP address has been configured, the general steps to configuring for
SNMP access to the preceding features are:
1. From the Main menu, select
2. Switch Configuration . . .
6. SNMP Community Names
2. Configure the appropriate SNMP communities. (The “public” community
exists by default and is used by HP’s network management applications.)
(For more on configuring SNMP communities, see “Menu: Viewing and
Configuring SNMP Communities” on page 8-6.)
3. Configure the appropriate trap receivers. (For more on configuring trap
receivers, see “CLI: Configuring and Displaying Trap Receivers” on page
8-11.)
In some networks, authorized IP manager addresses are not used. In this case,
all management stations using the correct community name may access the
switch with the View and Access levels that have been set for that community.
If you want to restrict access to one or more specific nodes, you can use the
switch’s IP Authorized Manager feature. (See “Using IP Authorized Managers”
on page 7-30.)