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Console(config)#snmp-server view mib-2 1.3.6.1.2.1 included
Console(config)#snmp-server view 802.1d 1.3.6.1.2.1.17 included
Console(config)#snmp-server group r&d v3 auth read mib-2 write 802.1d
Console(config)#snmp-server user steve group r&d v3 auth md5 greenpeace priv des56
einstien
Console(config)#
For a more detailed explanation on how to configure the switch for access from SNMP v3 clients,
refer to
“Simple Network Management Protocol”
on page 929, or refer to the specific CLI
commands for SNMP starting on
.
Managing System Files
The switch’s flash memory supports three types of system files that can be managed by the CLI
program, web interface, or SNMP. The switch’s file system allows files to be uploaded and
downloaded, copied, deleted, and set as a start-up file.
The types of files are:
•
Configuration — This file type stores system configuration information and is created when
configuration settings are saved. Saved configuration files can be selected as a system
start-up file or can be uploaded via FTP/TFTP to a server for backup. The file named
“Factory_Default_Config.cfg” contains all the system default settings and cannot be deleted
from the system. If the system is booted with the factory default settings, the switch will also
create a file named “startup1.cfg” that contains system settings for switch initialization,
including information about the unit identifier, and MAC address for the switch. The
configuration settings from the factory defaults configuration file are copied to this file, which
is then used to boot the switch. See
“Saving or Restoring Configuration Settings”
for more information.
•
Operation Code — System software that is executed after boot-up, also known as run-time
code. This code runs the switch operations and provides the CLI and web management
interfaces. See
on page 653 for more information.
•
Diagnostic Code — Software that is run during system boot-up, also known as POST (Power On
Self-Test).
Due to the size limit of the flash memory, the switch supports only two operation code files.
However, you can have as many diagnostic code files and configuration files as available flash
memory space allows. The switch has a total of 32 Mbytes of flash memory for system files.
In the system flash memory, one file of each type must be set as the start-up file. During a system
boot, the diagnostic and operation code files set as the start-up file are run, and then the start-up
configuration file is loaded.
Note that configuration files should be downloaded using a file name that reflects the contents or
usage of the file settings. If you download directly to the running-config, the system will reboot, and
the settings will have to be copied from the running-config to a permanent file.
Saving or Restoring Configuration Settings
Configuration commands only modify the running configuration file and are not saved when the
switch is rebooted. To save all your configuration changes in nonvolatile storage, you must copy the
running configuration file to the start-up configuration file using the “copy” command.