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3-Com SNMP setup!

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by tobej

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Hi there,

Just starting to replace some of our network hubs to 3-com managed switches. I would like to have the ability to have some sort of warnings for network / hardware problems "SNMP". I don't have any of our Novell server's setupwith SNMP, can I setup the network switches to operate with
SNMP? There is an option to setup SNMP, I just don't know how to go about it... any good document with a basic config etc...

Any help would be appericated.

Tx

Toby

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by mshavrov

Answer is YES, but you should think, what do you want to see as a result. General scheme is something like this:

1. You install server (actually it may be just your PC, but it should be online 24x7) with SNMP Server. Depending on what you want tohave (and mostly on your budget), you may go with commercial products (HP OpenView, CA UniCenter, etc.), with Freware Linux SNMP Server (???), or just with Freeware Windows-based SNMP Servers (like Kiwi SysLog, etc). Functionality and overhead goes in reverse with a price. Linux solution is very flexible, but may require some programming experience. Free Windows applications will just collect statistics.

2. You configure your Switch with SNMP parameters (Community Strings, SNMP Traps, SNMP Destination). Look manufacturers manual how to configure traps to go to specific server.

That's almost all. Again, think about time and money you may spend doing all this stuff, if it worth that. From my experience, such projects will die on 40-60%of the way.

Good luck,

by tobej

Thanks for the info, there is a network manager that comes with the 3com switches... You can map out your network and query all devices, check out load etc and have SNMP messages sent to the client... Do you know of any Technical documents that I can read to expand on the capabilities of the SNMP trapping etc...

Thanks

Toby

by mshavrov

I don't want to be rude, but if you have all software, all manuals and documentaion you may read, WHY DO YOU ASK SO GENERIC QUESTIONS?

:-)

by tobej

Now that was not nice! 8-) but it might be deserving... not sure... anyway, I am using the network manager from 3COM, it is cool, but there isn't a whole bunch on it from a direct SNMP standpoint... like community strings etc... That iswhy I was looking for a good document to read on the different setup's etc...

Thanks for the help, hopefully the caps lock button does not get stuck anymore.. Ha Ha..

Toby

by shayad

3COM switches comes with Netmanager software which is very useful tool for beginners and help them in managing their network.
U just need to enable SNMP on switches

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