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Chapter Understanding Brocade SNMP 1 In this chapter •Setting the SNMP security level 1 •Understanding SNMP basics 2 •Loading Brocade MIBs 7 •Access Gateway and Brocade MIBs 19 •Firmware upgrades and enabled traps 20 •Fabric OS commands for configuring SNMP 20 •Support for Administrative Domains 23 •Support for Role-Based Access Control 23 •Support for IPv6 addressing 23 •Support for Virtual Fabric 23 •Customized traps 24 Setting the SNMP security level The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is an industry-standard method of monitoring and managing network devices. This protocol promotes interoperability because SNMP-capable systems must adhere to a common set of framework and language rules. Understanding the components of SNMP makes it possible to use third-party tools to view, browse, and manipulate Brocade switch variables (MIBs) remotely as well as to set up an enterprise-level management process. Every Brocade switch and director supports SNMP. Recipients for SNMP traps are restricted according to security levels. Security levels are selected and set for a switch using the snmpconfig --set seclevel command. To select and set SNMP security levels, issue the command snmpconfig --set seclevel after having logged in to the switch as admin. The following example sets the SNMP security level to 1 (authentication only). This setting allows all SNMPv1 users to perform GET and SET operations on MIBs, but creates an exception for SNMPv3 users that do not have authentication and privacy privileges (noAuthnoPriv). switch:admin> snmpconfig --set seclevel Select SNMP Security Level (0 = No security, 1 = Authentication only, 2 = Authentication and Privacy, 3 = sxNo Access): (0..3) [0] Select SNMP SET Security Level (0 = No security, 1 = Authentication only, 2 = Authentication and Privacy, 3 = No Access): (0..3) [0] Table 2 shows the security level options. Fabric OS MIB Reference 1 53-1002750-01