Cisco Catalyst 3750-X User Manual

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Chapter 35 Configuring SNMP
Understanding SNMP
These sections contain this conceptual information:
• SNMP Versions, page 35-2
• SNMP Manager Functions, page 35-3
• SNMP Agent Functions, page 35-4
• SNMP Community Strings, page 35-4
• Using SNMP to Access MIB Variables, page 35-4
• SNMP Notifications, page 35-5
• SNMP ifIndex MIB Object Values, page 35-5
SNMP Versions
This software release supports these SNMP versions:
• SNMPv1—The Simple Network Management Protocol, a Full Internet Standard, defined in
RFC 1157.
• SNMPv2C replaces the Party-based Administrative and Security Framework of SNMPv2Classic
with the community-string-based Administrative Framework of SNMPv2C while retaining the bulk
retrieval and improved error handling of SNMPv2Classic. It has these features:
– SNMPv2—Version 2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol, a Draft Internet Standard,
defined in RFCs 1902 through 1907.
– SNMPv2C—The community-string-based Administrative Framework for SNMPv2, an
Experimental Internet Protocol defined in RFC 1901.
• SNMPv3—Version 3 of the SNMP is an interoperable standards-based protocol defined in
RFCs 2273 to 2275. SNMPv3 provides secure access to de
vices by authenticating and encrypting
packets over the network and includes these security features:
– Message integrity—ensuring that a packet was not tampered with in transit
– Authentication—determining that the message is from a valid source
– Encryption—mixing the contents of a package to prevent it from being read by an unauthorized
source.
Note To select encryption, enter the priv keyword.
Both SNMPv1 and SNMPv2C use a community-based form of security. The community of managers
able
to access the agent’s MIB is defined by an IP address access control list and password.
SNMPv2C includes a bulk retrieval mechanism and mo
re detailed error message reporting to
management stations. The bulk retrieval mechanism retrieves tables and large quantities of information,
minimizing the number of round-trips required. The SNMPv2C improved error-handling includes
expanded error codes that distinguish different kinds of error conditions; these conditions are reported
through a single error code in SNMPv1. Error return codes in SNMPv2C report the error type.
SNMPv3 provides for both security models and security
levels. A security model is an authentication
strategy set up for a user and the group within which the user resides. A security level is the permitted
level of security within a security model. A combination of the security level and the security model
determine which security mechanism is used when handling an SNMP packet. Available security models
are SNMPv1, SNMPv2C, and SNMPv3.

Cisco Catalyst 3750-X Specifications

General

Switching Capacity	160 Gbps
Stacking Bandwidth	64 Gbps
Max Stacking Units	9
Layer Support	Layer 2 and Layer 3
Form Factor	Rack-mountable
DRAM	256 MB
Flash Memory	64 MB
Model	Cisco Catalyst 3750-X Series
Ports	24 or 48 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports
Uplink Interfaces	4 SFP or 2 SFP+
Features	StackWise Plus, EnergyWise
Image	IP Base or IP Services
Operating Temperature	0 to 40°C
Operating Humidity	10 to 85% noncondensing