98 DSView Installer/User Guide
Changing managed appliance SNMP settings
NOTE: This procedure is valid for the following managed appliances: DS1800 digital switches, CPS appliances,
CCM appliances and DSR switches.
The SNMP protocol is used to communicate management information between network
management applications and DSView software managed appliances using TCP/IP and IPX
protocols. Other external SNMP managers (such as Tivoli
®
and HP OpenView) may communicate
with your managed appliances by accessing MIB-II (Management Information Base) and the
public portion of the enterprise MIB. MIB-II is a standard MIB that many SNMP target devices
support. The managed appliances will send their traps directly to the external SNMP manager in
addition to sending it to the server.
The following settings appear beneath SNMP in the side navigation bar:
• System - Enables/disables SNMP
• Managers - Stations that may manage the managed appliance
• Community - Communities to which the traps belong
• Destinations - Stations that may receive SNMP traps
• Traps - Available traps and enabled/disabled traps
When you enable SNMP, the managed appliance will log SNMP received messages over UDP
(User Datagram Protocol) port 161. UDP port 162 is used to listen for incoming traps.
The traps must be configured on each managed appliance using the Command Line Interface (CLI).
The address of the server running the DSView management software must be configured as a trap
recipient, the proper community must be set and each desired trap must be enabled.
All SNMP traps are logged in the audit log file. See Audit Logs on page 263 for more information.
To enable or disable SNMP system settings for a managed appliance:
1. From the side navigation bar, click Appliance Settings.
2. Under Appliance Settings, click SNMP. System will automatically be selected in the side
navigation bar and the Appliance SNMP System Settings window will open.
3. Select Enabled in the Enable SNMP drop-down menu to enable logging of SNMP traps.
4. Change the name and description of the managed appliance and type a contact.
5. Click Save to save your changes.
6. Click Close. The Unit Views window will open.
To enable or disable SNMP manager settings for a managed appliance:
1. From the side navigation bar, click Appliance Settings.
2. Under Appliance Settings, click SNMP.
3. Under SNMP, click Managers. The Appliance SNMP Manager Settings window will open.
4. Type the IP addresses, in standard dot notation (xx.xx.xx.xx), for up to four SNMP managers.
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