About This Manual

Chapter Contents

Related Publications

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About This Manual

This manual has been written for the network manager interested in managing a Catalyst 2820 or 1900 using a standard SNMP-based network-management application. The manual describes the standard MIB objects and MIB object extensions supported by Catalyst 2820 and 1900 switches and how to configure your switch for in-band management. It is assumed that readers of this manual are well-versed in the concepts and terminology of SNMP.

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Note The Cisco Connection Documentation, Enterprise Series CD was previously called UniverCD.

Chapter Contents

The manual is organized as follows:

"Introduction" describes supported TCP/IP protocols and how to configure a Catalyst 2820 or 1900 switch for SNMP. It also lists the supported MIB objects, their functions, and the traps generated by the Catalyst 2820 or 1900 switch.

"Catalyst 2820 and 1900 MIB Extensions" describes how to configure Catalyst 2820 or 1900 MIB extension groups.

"Catalyst 2820 Module MIB Objects" describes how to configure the module MIB group used to manage the modules in the Catalyst 2820 expansion slots.

"Bridge MIB Objects (RFC 1493)" describes the bridge MIB objects and includes those parameters used by the 802.1d Spanning-Tree Protocol.

"FDDI MIB Objects (SMT73)" describes how to use in-band management to configure and manage the Catalyst 2820 FDDI modules.

"EIA/TIA-232 MIB Objects (RFC 1317)" describes how to configure the EIA/TIA-232 port using the supported MIB objects.

Related Publications

Catalyst 2820 and Catalyst 1900 User Guide

Catalyst 2820 Modules User Guide

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