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NMS login
NMS login overview
An NMS runs the SNMP client software. It offers a user-friendly interface to facilitate network
management. An agent is a program that resides in the device. It receives and handles requests from the
NMS. An NMS is a manager in an SNMP enabled network, whereas agents are managed by the NMS.
The NMS and agents exchange information through the SNMP protocol. At present, the device supports
multiple NMS programs.
By default, you cannot log in to the device through NMS. To enable NMS login, log in to the device via
the console port and make the configuration changes described in the following table.
The following table shows the configuration requirements of NMS login.
Object Requirements
Configure the IP address of the VLAN interface
Make sure the device and the NMS can reach each other
Device
Configure SNMP settings
NMS
Configure the NMS. For more information, see your NMS manual.
Configuring NMS login
Connect the Ethernet port of the PC to an Ethernet port of VLAN 1 of the device, as shown in
.
Make sure the PC and VLAN 1 interface can reach each other.
Figure 30
Network diagram for configuring NMS login
Follow these steps to configure SNMPv3 settings:
To do…
Use the command…
Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Enable SNMP agent
snmp-agent
Optional
Disabled by default.
You can enable SNMP agent with this command
or any command that begins with
snmp-agent
.
Configure an SNMP
group and specify its
access right
snmp-agent group
v3
group-name
[
authentication
|
privacy
]
[
read-view
read-view
]
[
write-view
write-view
]
[
notify-view
notify-view
] [
acl
acl-number
]
Required
By default, no SNMP group is configured.