VES-1000 Series Ethernet Switch
8-2 SNMP Configuration
A Management Information Base (MIB) is a collection of managed objects. SNMP allows a manager and agents
to communicate for the purpose of accessing these objects.
SNMP itself is a simple request/response protocol based on the manager/agent model. The manager issues a
request and the agent returns responses using the following protocol operations:
Table 8-A SNMP Commands
COMMAND DESCRIPTION
Get Allows the manager to retrieve an object variable from the agent.
GetNext Allows the manager to retrieve the next object variable from a table or list within an agent. In
SNMPv1, when a manager wants to retrieve all elements of a table from an agent, it initiates a
Get operation, followed by a series of GetNext operations.
Set Allows the manager to set values for object variables within an agent.
Trap Used by the agent to inform the manager of some events.
8.2 Supported MIBs
VES-1000 Series switches support MIB II (defined in RFC-1213 and RFC-1215). The VES-1000 Series switch
can also respond with specific data from the ZyXEL private MIBs (zyxel.mib and zyxel-AS.mib). MIBs let
administrators collect statistics and monitor status and performance.
8.3 Configuring SNMP
To configure SNMP, enter 22 from the main menu to open Menu 22 — SNMP Configuration, as shown in the
next figure. The “community” for Get, Set and Trap fields is simply SNMP’s terminology for password.
Figure 8-2 Menu 22 - SNMP Configuration
The following table describes the SNMP configuration parameters.
Table 8-B SNMP Configuration Menu Fields
FIELD DESCRIPTION DEFAULT
Get Community Enter the get community, which is the password for the incoming
Get- and GetNext- requests from the management station.
public
(default)
Set Community Enter the set community, which is the password for incoming Set-
requests from the management station.
public
(default)
Menu 22 — SNMP Configuration
SNMP:
Get Community= public
Set Community= public
Trusted Host= 0.0.0.0
Trap:
Community= public
Destination= 0.0.0.0
Press ENTER to Confirm or ESC to Cancel:
