Cisco 11503 Administration Guide - Page 192

Preparing to Configure SNMP on the CSS Chapter 5 Configuring Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Preparing to Configure SNMP on the CSS Once you have set up your SNMP management application, you are ready to configure SNMP settings on the CSS. You can configure two basic areas of SNMP functionality on the CSS: SNMP functions and RMON functions. Note Refer to Chapter 6, Configuring Remote Monitoring (RMON), for information on configuring RMON. To control SNMP access to the CSS, use the no restrict snmp and restrict snmp commands. Access through SNMP is enabled by default. The options for this global configuration mode command are: • no restrict snmp - Enables SNMP access to the CSS (default setting) • restrict snmp - Disables SNMP access to the CSS Before you set up SNMP on your network consider the following items when planning your SNMP configuration: • Decide which types of information the SNMP manager needs (if your application is using an SNMP manager). Choose the particular MIB objects that you want through the management software. • Decide how many trap hosts you need. In some network configurations, you may want to have a primary trap host with one other workstation also receiving traps for redundancy. In a distributed or segmented network, you may want to have more trap hosts enabled. You can configure up to five trap hosts per SNMP agent; that is, one agent can report to a maximum of five hosts. • Designate a management station or stations. The CSS is an agent in the SNMP network scheme. The agent is already embedded in the CSS when you boot up the device. All you need to do is configure the SNMP parameters on the CSS. 5-10 Cisco Content Services Switch Administration Guide OL-5647-02