Chapter 6 Control Configuration
SNMP Configuration and Management
SCE 1000 2xGBE Release 2.0.10 User Guide
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Table 6-1 Request Types
Request Type Description Remarks
Set Request Writes new data to one or more of the
objects managed by an agent.
Set operations immediately affect
the SCE 1000 running-config but
do not affect the startup config.
Get Request Requests the value of one or more of the
objects managed by an agent.
Get Next
Request
Requests the Object Identifier(s) and
value(s) of the next object(s) managed by an
agent.
Get Response Contains the data returned by an agent.
Trap Sends an unsolicited notification from an
agent to a manager, indicating that an event
or error has occurred on the agent system
SCE 1000 may be configured to
send either SNMPv1 or SNMPv2
style traps.
Get Bulk
Request
Retrieves large amounts of object
information in a single Request / response
transaction. GetBulk behaves as if many
iterations of GetNext request/responses were
issued, except that they are all performed in
a single request/response.
This is newly defined SNMPv2c
message.
Configuration via SNMP
SCE 1000 supports a limited set of variables that may be configured via SNMP (read-write
variables). Setting a variable via SNMP (as via the CLI) takes effect immediately and affects only
the running-configuration. To make this configuration stored for next reboots (startup-
configuration) the user must specify it explicitly via CLI or via SNMP using the Cisco enterprise
MIB objects (see the figure in Cisco Enterprise MIB (on page 6-40)).
It should be noted also that the SCE 1000 takes the approach of a single configuration database
with multiple interfaces that may change this database. Therefore, activating the copy
running-config startup-config command via CLI or SNMP makes permanent all the
changes made by either SNMP or CLI.
Security Considerations
By default, the SNMP agent is disabled for both read and write operations. When enabled, SNMP
is supported over the management port only (in-band management is not supported).
In addition, SCE 1000 supports the option to configure community of managers for read-write
accessibility or for read-only accessibility. Furthermore, an ACL (Access List) may be associated
with a community to allow SNMP management to a restricted set of managers IP addresses.
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