| Title: | FDDI - The Next Generation |
| Moderator: | NETCAD::STEFANI |
| Created: | Thu Apr 27 1989 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Jun 05 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 2259 |
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Hello all,
Now that SNMP is supported on the DEFEB/DEFCN boxes, is there any
documentation online (updated user's guide, problem solving, technical
guide) which describes configuring the new boxesfor IP? Specifically, the
use of BOOTP with DB6xx's? V1.1 f/w release notes, maybe? All pointers
appreciated.
Thanks,
Chuck CSC/CS NETsupport
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| 432.1 | LEVERS::ANIL | Thu Dec 19 1991 17:57 | 10 | ||
The Release notes contain documentation on setting up the boxes.
All you really need to do is assign it an IP address via Bootp
or ELMS. In addition you can set trap addresses and the
default gateway via ELMS. I think the commands are as follows:
ELMS> SET device_name IP ADDR a.b.c.d
ELMS> SET device_name DEFAULT GATEWAY a.b.c.d
ELMS> ADD device_name TRAP ADDR a.b.c.d
Anil
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| 432.2 | How the DB610's IP is implemented... | BSS::C_OUIMETTE | Holographic Interference Repository | Fri Dec 20 1991 11:02 | 26 |
Thanks, Anil.
For the rest of the community; I phoned Anil, and this is how the snmp
agents in the DB610 work:
Since the SNMP agents are always responders, and never initiators of
SNMP messages (Unless they are sending traps, in which case the default
gateway may be needed), they will always be answering SNMP requests from
NMS stations (preferably, MSU 8^)... The DB610 *always* remembers both
the Ethernet MAC source address & the IP Source address of the SNMP
request, and simply sends puts it's reply into a ethernet packet with
the above MAC address as the DESTINATION, and the above IP address as
the IP destination. In this way, if the request came through a router
(for instance, if subnetting's afoot), then the response will be sent
back via the same router.
I had my customer query the DB610 (after he put a manual ARP entry
in), and the "ip address" query shows that the DB610 assumes a subnet
mask based on the IP address class, in this case 255.255 for a class B
address. But it apparently disregards the netmask when answering
queries, as above.
Again, thanks Anil.
chuck
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