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Defining System Identification Information (Required)

Basic system identification information for a Services Router can be configured with SNMP and stored in various MIBs. This information can be accessed through SNMP requests and either queried or reset. Table 62 identifies types of basic system identification and the MIB object into which each type is stored.

Table 62: System Identification Information and Corresponding MIB Objects

System Information

MIB

Contact

sysContact

System location

sysLocation

System description

sysDescr

System name override

sysName

To configure basic system identification for SNMP:

  1. Navigate to the top of the configuration hierarchy in either the J-Web or CLI configuration editor.
  2. To configure basic system information using SNMP, perform the configuration tasks described in Table 63.
  3. If you are finished configuring the network, commit the configuration.
  4. To check the configuration, see Verifying the SNMP Configuration.

Table 63: Configuring Basic System Identification

Task

J-Web Configuration Editor

CLI Configuration Editor

Navigate to the SNMP level in the configuration hierarchy.

  1. In the J-Web interface, select Configuration>View and Edit>Edit Configuration.
  2. Next to Snmp, click Configure or Edit.

From the [edit] hierarchy level, enter

edit snmp

Configure the system contact information (such as a name and phone number).

In the Contact box, type the contact information as a free-form text string.

Set the contact information:

set contact “contact-information

Configure the system location information (such as a lab name and a rack name).

In the Location box, type the location information as a free-form text string.

Set the location information:

set location “location-information

Configure the system description (J4350 with 4 PIMs, for example).

In the Description box, type the description information as a free-form text string.

Set the description information:

set description “description-information

Configure a system name to override the system hostname defined in the Getting Started Guide for your device.

In the System Name box, type the system name as a free-form text string.

Set the system name:

set name name

Configure the local engine ID to use the MAC address of Ethernet management port 0 as the engine ID suffix.

  1. Select Engine id.
  2. In the Engine id choice box, select Use mac address from the list.
  3. Click OK.

Set the engine ID to use the MAC address:

set engine-id use-mac-address


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