Re: RMON traps

From: Alec (clapun@graduate.hku.hk)
Date: Sun Feb 22 2004 - 03:36:50 GMT-3


I believe snmp-server community is only required if snmp server is allowed
to access the router.

If a router need to send trap to an SNMP server, I think the snmp-server
community command is not required. Please correct me if my assumption is
wrong.

----- Original Message -----
From: "john" <ccie2be@nyc.rr.com>
To: "Alec" <clapun@graduate.hku.hk>; "Group Study" <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 12:46 AM
Subject: Re: RMON traps

> Hi Alec,
>
> I believe it is. I also think that the rmon event command give you the
> option of including the community string, but I don't know whether if you
> include the community string in the rmon command that negates the
> requirement of the former command.
>
> With newer versions of IOS, you have the ability to configure the router
as
> a SNMP manager. If you do that (or if you have an actual snmp management
> stattion), you can test this.
>
> I never checked but I suspect if you configure a router as a snmp
management
> station, you can probably run a debug snmp or debug ip snmp which will
show
> you what happens when the snmp management station receives a trap.
>
> HTH
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alec" <clapun@graduate.hku.hk>
> To: "Group Study" <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2004 11:29 AM
> Subject: RMON traps
>
>
> > Hi group,
> >
> > From the config guide, the following command can generate a log entry
AND
> > send SNMP trap.
> >
> > Question : I'm not sure whether the snmp-server community command is
> > required for this purpose. Grateful if anyone can point out, thanks
> >
> > rmon event 1 log trap eventtrap description "High ifOutErrors" owner
> lmiller
> >
> > snmp-server host 150.0.1.231 cisco
> > snmp-server community cisco RO <== is it required ?
> > snmp-server enable traps
> >
> >
> > rgds,
> > alec
> >
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