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PowerConnect B-Series FCX Configuration Guide 19
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Configuring basic system parameters
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PowerConnect(config)# hostname zappa
zappa(config)# snmp-server contact Support Services
zappa(config)# snmp-server location Centerville
zappa(config)# end
zappa# write memory
Syntax: hostname <string>
Syntax: snmp-server contact <string>
Syntax: snmp-server location <string>
The text strings can contain blanks. The SNMP text strings do not require quotation marks when
they contain blanks but the host name does.
NOTE
The chassis name command does not change the CLI prompt. Instead, the command assigns an
administrative ID to the device.
Configuring Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) parameters
Use the procedures in this section to perform the following configuration tasks:
Specify an SNMP trap receiver.
Specify a source address and community string for all traps sent by the device.
Change the holddown time for SNMP traps
Disable individual SNMP traps. (All traps are enabled by default.)
Disable traps for CLI access that is authenticated by a local user account, a RADIUS server, or
a TACACS/TACACS+ server.
NOTE
To add and modify “get” (read-only) and “set” (read-write) community strings, refer to Chapter 32,
“Securing Access to Management Functions”.
Specifying an SNMP trap receiver
You can specify a trap receiver to ensure that all SNMP traps sent by the Dell PowerConnect device
go to the same SNMP trap receiver or set of receivers, typically one or more host devices on the
network. When you specify the host, you also specify a community string. The Dell PowerConnect
device sends all the SNMP traps to the specified hosts and includes the specified community
string. Administrators can therefore filter for traps from a Dell PowerConnect device based on IP
address or community string.
When you add a trap receiver, the software automatically encrypts the community string you
associate with the receiver when the string is displayed by the CLI or Web Management Interface.
If you want the software to show the community string in the clear, you must explicitly specify this
when you add a trap receiver. In either case, the software does not encrypt the string in the SNMP
traps sent to the receiver.
To specify the host to which the device sends all SNMP traps, use one of the following methods.
To add a trap receiver and encrypt the display of the community string, enter commands such as
the following.