Administration of the Avaya G350 Media Gateway - Avaya Support

Chapter 12: Configuring SNMPThis chapter provides information about configuring SNMP on the G350 and contains thefollowing sections:●●●●●●SNMP configuration overview — an overview of SNMP configuration on G350 devicesSNMP versions — a description of the SNMP versions supported by the G350Configuring SNMP traps — instructions on how to configure SNMP traps on G350 devicesConfiguring SNMP access — instructions on how to configure SNMP access on G350devicesConfiguring dynamic trap manager — instructions on how to configure dynamic trapmanager, a feature that ensures that traps are always sent to the G350’s active MGCSNMP configuration examples — examples of SNMP configurationSNMP configuration overviewSNMP uses software entities called managers and agents to manage network devices. Themanager monitors and controls all other SNMP-managed devices or network nodes on thenetwork. There must be at least one SNMP Manager in a managed network. The manager isinstalled on a workstation located on the network.An agent resides in a managed device or network node. The agent receives instructions fromthe SNMP Manager, generates reports in response to requests from the SNMP Manager, andsends management information back to the SNMP Manager as events occur. The agent canreside on:●●●●●●RoutersBridgesHubsWorkstationsPrintersOther network devicesThere are many SNMP management applications, but all these applications perform the samebasic task. They allow SNMP managers to communicate with agents to configure, get statisticsand information, and receive alerts from network devices. You can use any SNMP-compatiblenetwork management system to monitor and control a G350.Issue 3 January 2005 119