IBM Tivoli and Cisco Network Card User Manual


 
324 Building a Network Access Control Solution with IBM Tivoli and Cisco Systems
2. Complete as necessary, depending on the version of SNMP being used and
the SNMP community strings in the environment (Figure 7-92).
Figure 7-92 SNMP configuration
3. Click Add.
Adding a managed switch
This allows the CAM to discover switches it will manage in the subnets specified.
This can be done in two ways, either by entering the exact IP address of the
switch if already known, or by searching a specific subnet. In our example, we
are specifying the exact IP address of the switch.
1. Select Switch Management Devices Switches New.
2. 3750 should be selected from the Switch Profile drop-down list, Switch Group
should be left as default, Default Port Profile should be left as uncontrolled,
Note: Be very wary of the version of SNMP used in the environment. Only
SNMPv3 provides any real security, but not all devices may support
SNMPv3. Do not use the default community strings, and use access lists
on the switches to control which devices can communicate with them using
SNMP.