Dell Force10 MXL Blade - Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and Syslog; Overview; SNMP Commands

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Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
and Syslog
Overview
This chapter contains commands to configure and monitor the simple network management protocol
(SNMP) v1/v2/v3 and Syslog. The chapter contains the following sections:
• SNMP Commands
• Syslog Commands
SNMP Commands
The SNMP commands available in the Dell Force10 operating software (FTOS) are:
• show snmp
• show snmp engineID
• show snmp group
• show snmp user
• snmp ifmib ifalias long
• snmp-server community
• snmp-server contact
• snmp-server enable traps
• snmp-server engineID
• snmp-server group
• snmp-server host
• snmp-server location
• snmp-server packetsize
• snmp-server trap-source
• snmp-server user
• snmp-server view
• snmp trap link-status
The SNMP is used to communicate management information between the network management
stations and the agents in the network elements. FTOS supports SNMP versions 1, 2c, and 3,
supporting both read-only and read-write modes. FTOS sends SNMP traps, which are messages
informing an SNMP management system about the network. FTOS supports up to 16 SNMP trap
receivers.