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Chapter 27      Configuring SNMP
    Configuring SNMP
Configuring SNMP Notifications
A trap manager is a management station that receives and processes traps. Traps are system alerts that 
the switch generates when certain events occur. By default, no trap manager is defined, and no traps are 
sent. Switches running this Cisco IOS release can have an unlimited number of trap managers. 
Note Many commands use the word traps in the command syntax. Unless there is an option in the command 
to select either traps or informs, the keyword traps refers to either traps, informs, or both. Use the 
snmp-server host global configuration command to specify whether to send SNMP notifications as 
traps or informs.
Table 27-4 describes the supported switch traps (notification types). You can enable any or all of these 
traps and configure a trap manager to receive them.
Step 4
snmp-server user username groupname 
{remote host [udp-port port]} {v1 [access 
access-list] | v2c [access access-list] | v3 
[encrypted] [access access-list] [auth {md5 | 
sha} auth-password]} 
Add a new user for an SNMP group.
• The username is the name of the user on the host that connects 
to the agent.
• The groupname is the name of the group to which the user is 
associated.
• Enter remote to specify a remote SNMP entity to which the 
user belongs and the hostname or IP address of that entity with 
the optional UDP port number. The default is 162.
• Enter the SNMP version number (v1, v2c, or v3). If you enter 
v3, you have these additional options:
–
encrypted specifies that the password appears in 
encrypted format. This keyword is available only when 
the v3 keyword is specified.
–
auth is an authentication level setting session that can be 
either the HMAC-MD5-96 (md5) or the HMAC-SHA-96 
(sha) authentication level, and requires a password string 
(not to exceed 64 characters).
• (Optional) Enter access access-list with a string (not to exceed 
64 characters) that is the name of the access list.
Step 5
end Return to privileged EXEC mode.
Step 6
show running-config Verify your entries.
Step 7
copy running-config startup-config (Optional) Save your entries in the configuration file.
Command Purpose
Table 27-4 Switch Notification Types
Notification Type 
Keyword Description
alarms Generates SNMP alarm traps (Catalyst 2955 switch only).
bridge Generates STP bridge MIB traps.
c2900 Generates a trap for Catalyst 2950- and Catalyst 2955-specific notifications.