Configuring for network management applications, Chapter contents – IronPort Systems 4108GL User Manual

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Configuring for Network Management
Applications

Chapter Contents

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2

SNMP Management Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2

Configuring for SNMP Access to the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-4

SNMP Communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-5

Menu: Viewing and Configuring SNMP Communities . . . . . . . . . 12-5
CLI: Viewing and Configuring Community Names . . . . . . . . . . . 12-6

Trap Receivers and Authentication Traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-8

CLI: Configuring and Displaying Trap Receivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-9
Using the CLI To Enable Authentication Traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-11

Advanced Management: RMON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-11

CDP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-12

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-12

Outgoing Packets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-14

Incoming CDP Packets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-15

Configuring CDP on the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-18

CLI: Viewing and Configuring CDP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-18

Viewing the Switch’s Current CDP Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-19

Viewing the Current Contents of the Switch’s CDP
Neighbors Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-19

Clearing (Resetting) the CDP Neighbors Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12- 20

Configuring CDP Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-21

Effect of Spanning Tree (STP) On CDP Packet Transmission . . . . 12-23

How the Switch Selects the IP Address To Include in
Outbound CDP Packets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-24

CDP Neighbor Data and MIB Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-25

Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-27

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