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Using SNMP To Monitor and Manage the Switch
SNMP Management Features
Using SNMP To Monitor and
Manage the Switch
SNMP Management Features
SNMP management features provided by the Switch 208/224 Management
Module include:
■ Security via configuration of SNMP communities
■ Event reporting via SNMP traps and RMON
■ Managing the switch with a network management tool such as HP
AdvanceStack Assistant
■ Monitoring data normally associated with the SNMP v2 agent (“Get”
operations). Supported Standard MIBs include:
• Bridge MIB (RFC 1493)
• Ethernet MAU MIB (RFC 1515)
• Interfaces Evolution MIB (RFC 1573)
• Novell Standard IPX MIB (ipx.mib)
• RMON MIB (RFC 1757)—etherstats, events, alarms, and history
• SNMP MIB-II (RFC 1213)
• Entity MIB (RFC 2037)
HP Proprietary MIBs include:
• Statistics for message and packet buffers, tcp, telnet, and timep
(netswtst.mib)
• Port counters, forwarding table, and CPU statistics (stat.mib)
• tftp download (downld.mib)
• Integrated Communications Facility Authentication Manager and
SNMP communities (icf.mib)
• HP AdvanceStack Switch 208/224 configuration (config.mib)
• HP Embedded Advanced Sampling Environment (ease.mib)
The Switch Management Module SNMP agent also uses certain variables
that are included in a Hewlett-Packard proprietary MIB file you can add
to the SNMP database in your network management tool. You can copy
the MIB file from the HP AdvanceStack Products CD, shipped with the
Switch Management Module, or from following World Wide Web site:
http://www.hp.com/go/network_city
For more information, refer to the perforated card at the front of this
manual.
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