Provision system SNMP management features

Procedure 7-5: Provision system SNMP management features

Overview

Use this procedure to:

Provision SNMP contact and location information
Enable or disable SNMP authentication failure traps.

To provision SNMP access to the network element from an SNMP manager, refer to Procedure 7-6: Edit, delete, or enter SNMP V1-2 users.

Privilege level

You must log in as a Privileged user to complete this procedure.

Before you begin

Prior to performing this procedure:

Refer to Before you begin and Required equipment in this chapter.
Obtain the work instructions for this procedure.
If you want to view, print, or save a file of current SNMP users, select Administration → Security → View SNMP Users from the System View menu.

Steps

Perform the following steps to provision the SNMP management feature.

From the System View menu, select Administration → Data Communications.

Result:

The Data Communications window opens.

Click on the SNMP Management tab to view parameters.

Enter the following parameters according to the work instructions and click Apply:

NE Contact

Contact Name:: an alphanumeric string of up to 255 characters consisting of the name of the contact person for this NE and how to contact the person.
NE Location

Location Name: an alphanumeric string of up to 255 characters describing the physical location of this NE.
SNMP Authentication Failure Trap

SNMP Trap Control: Select Enable or Disable.

Traps are the SNMP equivalent of SONET alarm and event autonomous messages.

Enabling this feature results in the network element sending an Authentication Failure trap to all registered SNMP users if an SNMP request is received from an unauthorized user. An unauthorized user is a user whose IP address/ID pair do not match an entry in the NE's SNMP User list. To add a user to the SNMP User list, refer to Procedure 7-6: Edit, delete, or enter SNMP V1-2 users.

Disabling this feature prevents traps from being sent if there is an authentication failure.

Result:

A dialog box may appear asking you to confirm executing this command.

Click Yes.

Result:

A warning message appears stating that a reset is required before any SNMP provisioning changes take effect and that a reset causes all active login sessions to be logged out.

Continue with Step 5.

Do you wish to perform SNMP User provisioning?

If...

Then...

Yes

Click No on the warning window. Then click Close and refer to Procedure 7-6: Edit, delete, or enter SNMP V1-2 users.

If you select to NOT reset in this procedure, you must perform a Phase 3 reset (Fault → Reset → System Controller) before your changes take place.

Continue with Step 6.

Click Yes in the warning window to complete SNMP provisioning.

Result:

The following warning message appears The network element is resetting due to System Reset.

Click OK.

Result:

The System View closes, the network element resets, and all active users are disconnected.

A flashing b in the IND display on the SYSCTL indicates that a boot is in progress. During the boot, the b may extinguish for up to 20 seconds and then resume flashing.

If you want to view, print, or save a file of current SNMP users, then log back into the network element and select Administration → Security → View SNMP Users from the System View menu.

End of steps