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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration Guide
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Configuring SNMP
This chapter describes how to configure the SNMP feature in Cisco Nexus 5000 Series of switches.
This chapter includes the following sections:
• Information About SNMP, page 1-1
• Configuration Guidelines and Limitations, page 1-5
• Configuring SNMP, page 1-5
• Verifying SNMP Configuration, page 1-12
• SNMP Example Configuration, page 1-13
• Default Settings, page 1-13
Information About SNMP
The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is an application-layer protocol that provides a
message format for communication between SNMP managers and agents. SNMP provides a
standardized framework and a common language used for the monitoring and management of devices in
a network.
This section includes the following topics:
• SNMP Functional Overview, page 1-1
• SNMP Notifications, page 1-2
• SNMPv3, page 1-2
SNMP Functional Overview
The SNMP framework consists of three parts:
• An SNMP manager—The system used to control and monitor the activities of network devices using
SNMP.
• An SNMP agent—The software component within the managed device that maintains the data for
the device and reports these data, as needed, to managing systems. The Cisco Nexus 5000 Series
switch supports the agent and MIB. To enable the SNMP agent, you must define the relationship
between the manager and the agent.
• A managed information base (MIB)—The collection of managed objects on the SNMP agent