Table Of Contents

Configuring SNMP on the Cisco IME Server

SNMP Configuration Checklist

SNMP Users

SNMP Trap Notification Destinations

SNMP Inform Notification Destination

MIB2 System Group

SNMP Management Information Base (MIB)

Related Topics

Configuring SNMP on the Cisco IME Server

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SNMP version 3 provides security features such as authentication (verifying that the request comes from a genuine source), privacy (encryption of data), authorization (verifying that the user allows the requested operation), and access control (verifying that the user has access to the objects requested.) To prevent SNMP packets from being exposed on the network, you can configure encryption with SNMPv3.

This chapter describes how to configure SNMP v3, so the network management system can monitor Cisco IME and contains the following topics:

•SNMP Configuration Checklist

•SNMP Users

•SNMP Trap Notification Destinations

•MIB2 System Group

SNMP Configuration Checklist

Table 9-1 provides an overview of the steps for configuring SNMP.

Table 9-1 SNMP Configuration Checklist 

Configuration Steps		Related Procedures and Topics
Step 1	Install and configure the SNMP NMS.	SNMP product documentation that supports the NMS
Step 2	In the CLI, verify that the system started the SNMP services, including: •SNMP Master Agent •Native Agent •System Application Agent •Cisco Syslog Agent •MIB2 Agent •Host Resources Agent	At the Cisco IME command line, type the following command: utils service list
Step 3	Configure the SNMP user.	SNMP Users
Step 4	Configure the notification destination for traps or informs.	•SNMP Trap Notification Destinations •SNMP Inform Notification Destination
Step 5	Configure the system contact and location for the MIB2 system group.	MIB2 System Group
Step 6	Configure trap settings for CISCO-SYSLOG-MIB.	Use these guidelines to configure CISCO-SYSLOG-MIB trap settings on your system: •Set clogsNotificationEnabled (1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.41.1.1.2) to true by using the SNMP Set operation; for example, use the net-snmp set utility to set this OID to true from the linux command line using: snmpset -c <community string> -v2c <transmitter ipaddress> 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.41.1.1.2.0 i 1 You can also use any other SNMP management application for the SNMP Set operation. •Set clogMaxSeverity (1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.41.1.1.3) value by using the SNMP Set operation; for example, use the net-snmp set utility to set this OID value from the linux command line using: snmpset -c public -v2c 1<transmitter ipaddress> 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.41.1.1.3.0 i <value> Enter a severity number for the <value> setting. Severity values increase as severity decreases. A value of 1 (Emergency) indicates highest severity, and a value of 8 (Debug) indicates lowest severity. Syslog agent ignores any messages greater than the value that you specify; for example, to trap all syslog messages, use a value of 8.
Step 7	Restart the SNMP Master Agent service. (Optional) Tip The system automatically restarts the SNMP Master Agent after you execute the utils snmp config commands.	At the Cisco IME command line, type the following command: utils service start SNMP Master Agent
Step 8	On the NMS, configure the Cisco IME trap parameters.	•SNMP Management Information Base (MIB) •SNMP product documentation that supports the NMS

Additional Information

See the "Related Topics" section.

SNMP Users

Table 9-2 shows the commands that you need to work with SNMP users on the Cisco IME server:

Table 9-2 Trace CLI Commands 

Task	Command
List the SNMP users.	utils snmp config user 3 list
Add an SNMP user	utils snmp config user 3 add The system prompts you for the parameters. See Table 9-3 for parameter names and descriptions.
Update an SNMP user	utils snmp config user 3 update The system prompts you for the parameters. See Table 9-3 for parameter names and descriptions.
Delete an SNMP user.	utils snmp config user 3 delete The system prompts you for the parameters. See Table 9-3 for parameter names and descriptions.

SNMP User CLI Parameters

Table 9-3 describes the SNMP user parameter settings for V3.

Table 9-3 SNMP User Parameter Settings for V3 

Field	Description
username	The name of the user for which you want to provide access. The name can contain up to 32 characters and can contain any combination of alphanumeric characters, hyphens (-), and underscore characters (_). Tip Enter users that you have already configured for the network management system (NMS).
authprotocol	Authentication protocol. To specify HMAC-SHA, enter SHA.
authpassphrase	Specifies the authentication protocol password. The password must contain at least 8 characters.
privprotocol	Specifies the privacy protocol, either AES128, AES192, or AES256
privpassphrase	Specifies the privacy protocol password. The password must contain at least 8 characters.
accessprivilege	Enter one of the following options for the access level: •ReadOnly—The user can only read the values of MIB objects. •ReadWrite—The user can read and write the values of MIB objects. •ReadWriteNotify—The user can read and write the values of MIB objects and send MIB object values for a trap and inform messages. •NotifyOnly—The user can only send MIB object values for trap and inform messages. •ReadNotifyOnly—The user can read values of MIB objects and also send the values for trap and inform messages. •None—The user cannot read, write, or send trap information. Tip To change the trap configuration parameters, you need to configure a user with NotifyOnly, ReadNotifyOnly, or ReadWriteNotify privileges.
ipaddress1	Specify an IP address from which to accept packets. The default specifies to accept packets from all hosts.
ipaddress2	Specify an IP address from which to accept packets. The default specifies to accept packets from all hosts.

Additional Information

See the "Related Topics" section.

SNMP Trap Notification Destinations

An SNMP agent sends notifications to NMS in the form of traps or informs to identify important system events. Traps do not receive acknowledgments from the destination whereas informs do receive acknowledgments.

The following section applies to SNMP V3 notification destination configuration.

Table 9-4 shows the commands that you need to work with SNMP trap notification destinations on the Cisco IME server:

Table 9-4 SNMP Trap Notification Destinations CLI Commands 

Task	Command
List trap notification destinations.	utils snmp config trap 3 list
Add a v3 trap notification destination that is associated with a configured v3 username.	utils snmp config trap 3 add The system prompts you for the parameters. See Table 9-5 for parameter names and descriptions.
Update a trap notification destination.	utils snmp config trap 3 update The system prompts you for the parameters. See Table 9-5 for parameter names and descriptions.
Delete a trap notification destination.	utils snmp config trap 3 delete The system prompts you for the parameters. See Table 9-5 for parameter names and descriptions.

Trap Notification Destination Parameter Settings

Table 9-5 describes the trap notification destination parameter settings for V3.

Table 9-5 Trap Notification Destination Parameter Settings for V3 

Field	Description
ipaddress	The host IP address of the notification destination.
portno	The notification-receiving port number on the destination server.
oldportno	The notification-receiving port number on the destination server that is currently configured.
newportno	The notification-receiving port number on the destination server that you want to use when updating the trap notification destination.
username	Specifies the SNMP user associated to the notification destination.

Additional Information

See the "Related Topics" section.

SNMP Inform Notification Destination

An SNMP agent sends notifications to NMS in the form of traps or informs to identify important system events. Traps do not receive acknowledgments from the destination whereas informs do receive acknowledgments.

Table 9-6 describes the inform notification destination configuration settings for V3.

Table 9-6 SNMP Inform Notification Destination CLI Commands 

Task	Command
List inform notification destinations.	utils snmp config inform 3 list
Add a v3 inform notification destination.	utils snmp config inform 3 add The system prompts you for the parameters. See Table 9-7 for parameter names and descriptions.
Update an inform notification destination.	utils snmp config inform 3 update The system prompts you for the parameters. See Table 9-7 for parameter names and descriptions.
Delete an inform notification destination.	utils snmp config inform 3 delete The system prompts you for the parameters. See Table 9-7 for parameter names and descriptions.

Inform Notification Destination Parameter Settings

Table 9-7 Inform Notification Destination Parameter Settings for V3 

Field	Description
ipaddress	The host IP address of the notification destination.
portno	The notification-receiving port number on the destination server.
oldportno	The notification-receiving port number on the destination server that is currently configured.
newportno	The notification-receiving port number on the destination server that you want to use when updating the inform notification destination.
username	Specifies the SNMP user associated to the notification destination.
oldusername	Specifies the v3 username that is currently associated with the inform.
newusername	Specifies the v3 username that you want to associate with the inform.
deleteuserconf	Specifies confirmation for deleting the old user, either Y or N.
authprotocol	Authentication protocol. To specify HMAC-SHA, enter SHA.
authpassphrase	Specifies the authentication protocol password. The password must contain at least 8 characters.
privprotocol	Specifies the privacy protocol, either AES128, AES192, or AES256
privpassphrase	Specifies the privacy protocol password. The password must contain at least 8 characters.
accessprivilege	Enter one of the following options for the access level: •ReadWriteNotify—The user can read and write the values of MIB objects and send MIB object values for a trap and inform messages. •NotifyOnly—The user can only send MIB object values for trap and inform messages. •ReadNotifyOnly—The user can read values of MIB objects and also send the values for trap and inform messages.
engineId	Specifies the remote engine ID of the server to which to send inform messages.

Additional Information

See the "Related Topics" section.

MIB2 System Group

You can use the CLI to configure the system contact and system location objects for the MIB-II system group. For example, you could enter Administrator, 555-121-6633, for the system contact and San Jose, Bldg 23, 2nd floor, for the system location.

Table 9-8 shows the commands that you need to work with MIB2 system groups on the Cisco IME server:

Table 9-8 MIB2 CLI Commands 

Task	Command
List the MIB2 system group configuration	utils snmp config mib2 list
Add a MIB2 system group	utils snmp config mib2 add The system prompts you for the parameters. See Table 9-9 for parameter names and descriptions.
Update a MIB2 system group	utils snmp config mib2 update The system prompts you for the parameters. See Table 9-9 for parameter names and descriptions.
Delete a MIB2 system group	utils snmp config mib2 delete The system prompts you for the parameters. See Table 9-9 for parameter names and descriptions.

MIB2 System Group CLI Parameters

Table 9-9 describes the MIB2 System Group parameter settings.

Table 9-9 MIB2 System Group Parameter Settings 

Field	Description
Server	The server for which you want to configure contacts.
SysContact	Specifies a person to notify when problems occur.
SysLocation	Specifies the location of the person that is identified as the system contact.

Additional Information

See the "Related Topics" section.

SNMP Management Information Base (MIB)

SNMP allows access to Management Information Base (MIB), which is a collection of information that is organized hierarchically. MIBs comprise managed objects, which are identified by object identifiers. A MIB object, which contains specific characteristics of a managed device, comprises one or more object instances (variables).

The SNMP interface provides these Cisco Standard MIBs:

•CISCO-CDP-MIB

•CISCO-SYSLOG-MIB

The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) extension agent resides in the server and exposes the CISCO-CCM-MIB, which provides detailed information about devices that are known to the server. In the case of a cluster configuration, the SNMP extension agent resides in each server in the cluster. The CISCO-CCM-MIB provides device information such as device registration status, IP address, description, and model type for the server (not the cluster, in a configuration that supports clusters).

The SNMP interface also provides these Industry Standard MIBs:

•SYSAPPL-MIB

•MIB-II (RFC 1213)

•HOST-RESOURCES-MIB

For vendor-specific supported hardware MIBS, refer to the "Vendor-Specific MIBs" section.

Cisco IME SNMP Interface supports the following MIBs.

CISCO-CDP-MIB

Use the Cisco Unified Communications Manager CDP subagent to read the Cisco Discovery Protocol MIB, CISCO-CDP-MIB. This MIB enables Cisco IME to advertise itself to other Cisco devices on the network.

The CDP subagent implements the CDP-MIB. The CDP-MIB contains the following objects:

•cdpInterfaceIfIndex

•cdpInterfaceMessageInterval

•cdpInterfaceEnable

•cdpInterfaceGroup

•cdpInterfacePort

•cdpGlobalRun

•cdpGlobalMessageInterval

•cdpGlobalHoldTime

•cdpGlobalLastChange

•cdpGobalDeviceId

•cdpGlobalDeviceIdFormat

•cdpGlobalDeviceIdFormatCpd

SYSAPPL-MIB

Use the System Application Agent to get information from the SYSAPPL-MIB, such as installed applications, application components, and processes that are running on the system.

System Application Agent supports the following object groups of SYSAPPL-MIB:

•sysApplInstallPkg

•sysApplRun

•sysApplMap

•sysApplInstallElmt

•sysApplElmtRun

MIB-II

Use MIB2 agent to get information from MIB-II. The MIB2 agent provides access to variables that are defined in RFC 1213, such as interfaces, IP, and so on, and supports the following groups of objects:

•system

•interfaces

•at

•ip

•icmp

•tcp

•udp

•snmp

HOST-RESOURCES MIB

Use Host Resources Agent to get values from HOST-RESOURCES-MIB. The Host Resources Agent provides SNMP access to host information, such as storage resources, process tables, device information, and installed software base. The Host Resources Agent supports the following groups of objects:

•hrSystem

•hrStorage

•hrDevice

•hrSWRun

•hrSWRunPerf

•hrSWInstalled

CISCO-SYSLOG-MIB

Syslog tracks and logs all system messages, from informational through critical. With this MIB, network management applications can receive syslog messages as SNMP traps:

The Cisco Syslog Agent supports trap functionality with the following MIB objects:

•clogNotificationsSent

•clogNotificationsEnabled

•clogMaxSeverity

•clogMsgIgnores

•clogMsgDrops

Vendor-Specific MIBs

The following MIBs exist on various Cisco MCS, depending on vendor and model number. To query these MIBS, you can use the standard MIB browsers that the hardware vendors develop; for example, HP Systems Insight Manager (SIM) and IBM Director Server+Console. For information on using the MIB browsers, refer to the documentation that the hardware vendor provides.

To review the vendor-specific MIB information, see the following tables:

•Table 9-10—Describes supported IBM MIBs

•Table 9-11—Describes supported HP MIBs

Table 9-10 IBM MIBs 

MIB	OID	Description
Supported for browsing only
IBM-SYSTEM-HEALTH-MIB	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.1.1.30	Provides temperature, voltage, and fan status
IBM-SYSTEM-ASSETID-MIB	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.1.1.60	Provides hardware component asset data
IBM-SYSTEM-LMSENSOR-MIB	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.1.1.80	Provides temperature, voltage, and fan details
IBM-SYSTEM-NETWORK-MIB	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.1.1.110	Provides Network Interface Card (NIC) status
IBM-SYSTEM-MEMORY-MIB	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.1.1.120	Provides physical memory details
IBM-SYSTEM-POWER-MIB	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.1.1.130	Provides power supply details
IBM-SYSTEM-PROCESSOR-MIB	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.1.1.140	Provides CPU asset/status data
Supported for system traps
IBM-SYSTEM-TRAP	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.1.1.0	Provides temperature, voltage, fan, disk, NIC, memory, power supply, and CPU details
IBM-SYSTEM-RAID-MIB	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.167.2	Provides RAID status

Table 9-11 HP MIBs 

MIB	OID	Description
Supported for browsing and system traps
CPQSTDEQ-MIB	1.3.6.1.4.1.232.1	Provides hardware component configuration data
CPQSINFO-MIB	1.3.6.1.4.1.232.2	Provides hardware component asset data
CPQIDA-MIB	1.3.6.1.4.1.232.3	Provides RAID status/events
CPQHLTH-MIB	1.3.6.1.4.1.232.6	Provides hardware components status/events
CPQSTSYS-MIB	1.3.6.1.4.1.232.8	Provides storage (disk) systems status/events
CPQSM2-MIB	1.3.6.1.4.1.232.9	Provides iLO status/events
CPQTHRSH-MIB	1.3.6.1.4.1.232.10	Provides alarm threshold management
CPQHOST-MIB	1.3.6.1.4.1.232.11	Provides operating system information
CPQIDE-MIB	1.3.6.1.4.1.232.14	Provides IDE (CD-ROM) drive status/events
CPQNIC-MIB	1.3.6.1.4.1.232.18	Provides Network Interface Card (NIC) status/events

Related Topics

•SNMP Configuration Checklist

•SNMP Users

•SNMP Trap Notification Destinations

•SNMP Inform Notification Destination

•MIB2 System Group

•SNMP Management Information Base (MIB)