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diff --git a/doc/snmp.texi b/doc/snmp.texi index 96f080b2..3f80cc58 100644 --- a/doc/snmp.texi +++ b/doc/snmp.texi @@ -1,16 +1,18 @@ @node SNMP Support @chapter SNMP Support -SNMP (Simple Network Managing Protocol) is a widely implemented feature for -collecting network information from router and/or host. Quagga itself does not -support SNMP agent (server daemon) functionality but is able to connect to a -SNMP agent using the SMUX protocol (RFC1227) and make the routing protocol MIBs -available through it. +@acronym{SNMP,Simple Network Managing Protocol} is a widely implemented +feature for collecting network information from router and/or host. +Quagga itself does not support SNMP agent (server daemon) functionality +but is able to connect to a SNMP agent using the SMUX protocol +(@cite{RFC1227}) and make the routing protocol MIBs available through +it. @menu * Getting and installing an SNMP agent:: * SMUX configuration:: * MIB and command reference:: +* Handling SNMP Traps:: @end menu @node Getting and installing an SNMP agent @@ -29,15 +31,16 @@ be able to accept connections from Quagga. To enable SMUX protocol support, Quagga must have been build with the @code{--enable-snmp} option. -A separate connection has then to be established between between the SNMP agent -(snmpd) and each of the Quagga daemons. This connections each use different OID -numbers and passwords. Be aware that this OID number is not the one that is -used in queries by clients, it is solely used for the intercommunication of the -daemons. +A separate connection has then to be established between between the +SNMP agent (snmpd) and each of the Quagga daemons. This connections +each use different OID numbers and passwords. Be aware that this OID +number is not the one that is used in queries by clients, it is solely +used for the intercommunication of the daemons. -In the following example the ospfd daemon will be connected to the snmpd daemon -using the password "quagga_ospfd". For testing it is recommending to take -exactly the below snmpd.conf as wrong access restrictions can be hard to debug. +In the following example the ospfd daemon will be connected to the +snmpd daemon using the password "quagga_ospfd". For testing it is +recommending to take exactly the below snmpd.conf as wrong access +restrictions can be hard to debug. @example /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf: @@ -109,3 +112,5 @@ The following syntax is understood by the Quagga daemons for configuring SNMP: @deffn {Command} {smux peer @var{oid} @var{password}} {} @deffnx {Command} {no smux peer @var{oid} @var{password}} {} @end deffn + +@include snmptrap.texi |