HP 4108GL - 12 Configuring for Network Management Applications Chapter; Chapter Contents; Configuring for Network Management Applications

12-1
Monitoring and Managing
the Switch
12
Configuring for Network Management
Applications
Chapter Contents
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2
SNMP Management Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2
Configuring for SNMP Access to the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-4
SNMP Communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-5
Menu: Viewing and Configuring SNMP Communities . . . . . . . . . 12-5
CLI: Viewing and Configuring Community Names . . . . . . . . . . . 12-6
Trap Receivers and Authentication Traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-8
CLI: Configuring and Displaying Trap Receivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-9
Using the CLI To Enable Authentication Traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-11
Advanced Management: RMON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-11
CDP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-12
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-12
Outgoing Packets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-14
Incoming CDP Packets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-15
Configuring CDP on the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-18
CLI: Viewing and Configuring CDP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-18
Viewing the Switch’s Current CDP Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-19
Viewing the Current Contents of the Switch’s CDP
Neighbors Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-19
Clearing (Resetting) the CDP Neighbors Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12- 20
Configuring CDP Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-21
Effect of Spanning Tree (STP) On CDP Packet Transmission . . . . 12-23
How the Switch Selects the IP Address To Include in
Outbound CDP Packets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-24
CDP Neighbor Data and MIB Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-25
Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-27