Solved: catOS command

dkblee · ‎01-07-2008

hi! how do i enable snmp in a catalyst 6509 L2 switch module? Can it be done on every switch or in the global mode will do? The objective is to enable snmp, so that it can be monitor by a third party network monitoring tool

David Stanford · ‎01-09-2008

If you CatOS code supports the option to configure multiple community strings it won't be a problem. However, if the code only supports one string of each type then you are over writing the old string. This may cause problems for the servers using the old string to poll (if they are).

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David Stanford · ‎01-07-2008

To enable snmp globally you would use:

set snmp community

Use the set snmp community command to set SNMP communities and associated access types.

set snmp community {read-only | read-write | read-write-all} [community_string]

Syntax Description

read-only

Keyword to assign read-only access to the specified SNMP community.

read-write

Keyword to assign read-write access to the specified SNMP community.

read-write-all

Keyword to assign read-write-all access to the specified SNMP community.

community_string

(Optional) Name of the SNMP community.

Default

The default configuration has the following communities and access types defined:

â€¢public-read-only

â€¢private-read-write

â€¢secret-read-write-all

For traps:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk648/tk362/technologies_configuration_example09186a0080094aa1.shtml

dkblee · ‎01-09-2008

hi! currently there are other community strings enabled, which i think is the default. By enabling a new community string with read-only option, will it create any problem later?

Thanks.

David Stanford · ‎01-09-2008

If you CatOS code supports the option to configure multiple community strings it won't be a problem. However, if the code only supports one string of each type then you are over writing the old string. This may cause problems for the servers using the old string to poll (if they are).