Lucent Technologies 9077 16S User Manual

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Introduction to the SP Switch Router Adapter card
SNMP on the SP Switch Router Adapter card
SP Switch Router Adapter Guide - 1.4 Update 2
 
 October 22, 1999   
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SNMP configuration overview         
After the SP Switch Router is powered on and booted, the network administrator logs on to 
configure the router as a system. The following is a description of the steps that can be taken 
during router configuration. The actual procedure is described in Chapter 2. 
The configuration for the snmpd daemon must be updated to identify the SP SNMP 
Manager(s) that will configure and maintain status of the SP Switch Router Adapter card. The 
community name to be used for communications with the SP SNMP Manager must be the 
same community name that is specified in the Extension Node configuration data on the SP 
control workstation where the SP SNMP Manager resides.  
If no community name is specified on the SP control workstation, specify spenmgmt as the 
community name for the SP SNMP Manager. The community name must allow read, write, 
and trap capabilities. All community names used to communicate with managers other than the 
SP SNMP Manager(s) should be restricted to read-only and trap capabilities. Traps should be 
sent to the same UDP port on which the SP SNMP Manager is listening. This port will most 
often be port number 162.                      
Using a UNIX editor, the administrator edits the configuration files required for each type of 
media card. Configuration parameters for the SP Switch Router Adapter card could also be 
entered in the 
/etc/grdev1.conf
 file at this time if the card is not going to be configured via 
SNMP. Save this file using the grwrite command. 
The administrator now resets the SP Switch Router system to actually install the configuration 
parameters. During a reset, system daemons restart and reread their files. The media cards also 
boot, loading their software, configuration information, and the current route table.  
Each time the SP Switch Router software boots, mib2d starts up. Unless the administrator has 
already entered SP Switch Router Adapter configuration values in 
/etc/grdev1.conf
, file 
parameters for SP Switch Router Adapter cards will all contain null values.      
mib2d generates and sends a 
coldStart/warmStart
 trap message to all SNMP Managers 
configured. It creates and initializes its MIB object instances. To support SET commands for 
any instances of the SP Switch Router Adapter configuration objects, mib2d creates an 
ibmSPDepNodeTable
 . The table contains an 
ibmSPDepNodeEntry
 MIB entry  (there are 16 
of these) for each available media card slot in various SP Switch Router models.