Avocent DSView 3 Switch User Manual


 
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with your managed appliances by accessing MIB-II (Management Information Base) and the
public portion of the enterprise MIB. MIB-II is a standard MIB that many SNMP target devices
support. The managed appliances will send their traps directly to the external SNMP manager in
addition to sending it to the server.
The following settings appear under SNMP in the side navigation bar:
System - Enables/disables SNMP. When you enable SNMP, the managed appliance will log
SNMP received messages over UDP (User Datagram Protocol) port 161. UDP port 162 is used
to listen for incoming traps.
Managers - Stations that can manage the managed appliance.
Community - Communities to which the traps belong.
Destinations - Stations that can receive SNMP traps.
Traps - Available traps and enabled/disabled traps.
The traps must be also configured on each managed appliance using the Command Line Interface
(CLI). The address of the server running the DSView 3 software must be configured as a trap
recipient, the proper community must be set and each desired trap must be enabled.
SNMP traps are logged in the event log file. See Displaying the Event Log on page 313. SNMP
traps may also be configured from a system task. See Task: Configure SNMP trap settings on a
managed appliance on page 296.
To change SNMP settings for a managed appliance:
1. In a Units View window containing appliances (see Accessing Units View windows on
page 98), click on the appliance name.
2. Click Appliance Settings in the side navigation bar and then click SNMP in the side navigation
bar. The Appliance SNMP System Settings window will open.
3. To enable SNMP, select Enabled in the Enable SNMP menu. If desired, change the name and
description of the managed appliance and type a contact. Then, click Save.
4. To enable SNMP manager settings, click Managers in the side navigation bar. The Appliance
SNMP Manager Settings window will open. Type the IP addresses, in standard dot notation
(xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx), for up to four SNMP managers. Then, click Save.
5. To specify SNMP community settings, click Community in the side navigation bar. The
Appliance SNMP Community Settings window will open. Type the SNMP community names
for reading, writing and SNMP traps. Then, click Save.
6. To specify SNMP destination settings, click Destinations in the side navigation bar. The
Appliance SNMP Destination Settings window will open. Type the IP addresses, in standard
dot notation (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx), for up to four SNMP destinations. Then, click Save.
7. To enable or disable SNMP traps, click Traps in the side navigation bar. The Appliance SNMP
Trap Settings window will open. Select one of the following:
Enabled turns a trap on; Disabled turns a trap off.