Sun Microsystems 5602 User Manual

4 – Managing Switches

Configuring a Switch

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The SNMP configuration defines how authentication traps are managed.

 

describes the SNMP configuration parameters. The illegal characters for the 
user-defined fields are the pound sign (#), semi-colon (;), and comma (,).

SNMP Enabled

Enables or disables SNMP communication with other switches in the 
fabric.

Contact

Specifies the name (up to 64 characters) of the person who is to be 
contacted to respond to trap events. The default is “undefined”.

Read 
Community

Read community password (up to 32 characters) that authorizes an 
SNMP agent to read information from the switch. This is a write-only 
field. The value on the switch and the SNMP management server 
must be the same. The default is “public”.

Trap Community Trap community password (up to 32 characters) that authorizes an 

SNMP agent to receive traps. This is a write-only field. The value on 
the switch and the SNMP management server must be the same. 
The default is “public”.

SNMP Proxy

If enabled, you can use SNMP to monitor and configure any switch in 
the fabric. 

Location

Specifies the name (up to 64 characters) for the switch location. The 
default is “undefined”.

Authentication 
Trap

Enables or disables the reporting of SNMP authentication failures. If 
enabled, a notification trap is sent when incorrect community string 
values are used. The default value is "False".

Write 
Community

Write community password (up to 32 characters) that authorizes an 
SNMP agent to write information to the switch. This is a write-only 
field. The value on the switch and the SNMP management server 
must be the same. The default is “private”.