mksnmpserver

Use the mksnmpserver command to create a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) server to receive notifications.

Syntax

 mksnmpserver    [  -name  server_name  ]    -ip  ip_address    [  -community  community  ]   [  -error  {  on  |  off  } ]   [  -warning  {  on  |  off  } ]   [  -info  {  on  |  off  } ]   [  -port  port  ]

Parameters

-nameserver_name
(Optional) Specifies a unique name to assign to the SNMP server. If a name is not specified, then a system default of snmpn is applied, where n is the ID of the server. When specifying a server name, snmp is a reserved word.
-ipip_address
(Required) Specifies the IP address of the SNMP server. This must be a valid IPv4 or IPv6 address.
-communitycommunity
(Optional) Specifies the community name for the SNMP server. If you do not specify a community name, then the default name of public is used.
-erroron|off
(Optional) Specifies whether the server receives error notifications. Set to on, error notifications are sent to the SNMP server. Set to off, error notifications are not sent to the SNMP server. The default value is on.
-warningon|off
(Optional) Specifies whether the server receives warning notifications. Set to on, warning notifications are sent to the SNMP server. Set to off, warning notifications are not sent to the SNMP server. The default value is on.
-infoon|off
(Optional) Specifies whether the server receives information notifications. Set to on, information notifications are sent to the SNMP server. Set to off, information notifications are not sent to the SNMP server. The default value is on.
-portport
(Optional) Specifies the remote port number for the SNMP server. This must be a value of 1 - 65535. The default value is 162.

Description

This command creates an SNMP server to receive notifications.

Storwize V5000 supports a maximum of 6 SNMP servers.

For syslog servers, SNMP servers, and email users with type set to local, the valid combinations of notification types are:
  • error, warning, and info
  • error and warning

An invocation example

mksnmpserver -ip 2.2.2.2 -port 78

The resulting output:

SNMP Server id [2] successfully created