Dell W-Series 207 Instant 6.5.1.0-4.3.1.0 User Guide - Page 361

Chapter 32 Monitoring Devices and Logs This chapter describes the following topics: l Configuring SNMP on page 361 l Configuring a Syslog Server on page 365 l Configuring TFTP Dump Server on page 366 l Running Debug Commands on page 367 l Uplink Bandwidth Monitoring on page 371 Configuring SNMP This section provides the following information: l SNMP Parameters for W-IAP on page 361 l Configuring SNMP on page 362 l Configuring SNMP Traps on page 364 SNMP Parameters for W-IAP Instant supports SNMPv1, SNMPv2, and SNMPv3 for reporting purposes only. A W-IAP cannot use Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) to set values in a Dell system. You can configure the following parameters for a W-IAP: Table 77: SNMP Parameters for W-IAP Parameter Description Community Strings for SNMPV1 and SNMPV2 An SNMP community string is a text string that acts as a password, and is used to authenticate messages sent between the VC and the SNMP agent. If you are using SNMPv3 to obtain values from the W-IAP, you can configure the following parameters: Name A string representing the name of the user. Authentication Protocol An indication of whether messages sent on behalf of this user can be authenticated, and if so, the type of authentication protocol used. This can take one of the two values: l MD5-HMAC-MD5-96 Digest Authentication Protocol l SHA-HMAC-SHA-96 Digest Authentication Protocol Dell Networking W-Series Instant 6.5.1.0-4.3.1.0 | User Guide Monitoring Devices and Logs | 361