snmp-server host

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Description

Enables the sending of Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) traps to a specified IPv4 or IPv6 address. You can specify any number of trap “sinks” (one per command).

Note

This command enables system notifications. Use the fenotify snmp command to enable alert notifications.

Use the no form of this command to disable the sending of SNMP traps.

Syntax

[no] snmp-server host ip_address disable

[no] snmp-server host ip_address traps {community_string | port <port> [community_string] | version <version_number> [community_string]}

Parameters

ip_address

IP address where SNMP traps are sent.

disable

Disables the sending of SNMP traps to the specified address.

community_string

Community string needed to send traps to the specified address (default is “public”).

traps

Enables the sending of SNMP traps to the specified address.

port <port>

Overrides the default target port to which traps are sent.

version <version_number

SNMP version of the generated traps (1, 2c, or 3)

Example

The following example enables SNMP version 1 traps to be sent to the specified address using the private community string.

hostname (config) # snmp-server host 10.0.0.2 traps version 1 private