Enabling SNMP in Cisco Routers / Switches

Description
1. Telnet to the router/switch prompt#telnet testrouter 2. Go to the enable mode by specifying the password: Router>enable Password: Router# 3. Go into configuration mode: Router#configure terminal Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. Router(config)# 4. Use the command below to add a Read-Only community string: Router(config)#snmp-server community public RO where "public" is the Read-only community string. 5. To add a Read-Write Community string, use the command below: Router(config)#snmp-server community private RW where "private" is the Read-write community string. 6. Exit the configuration mode and save the settings: Router(config)#exit Router#write memory Building configuration... [OK] Router# To enable SNMP traps, follow the steps below in the Configuration mode of the Router/Switch: First, set the host to which the traps have to be sent using the folowing command: snmp-server host <IP Address> version <v1 or 2c> <RO community string> where, <IP Address> refers to the IP Address of the device to which the traps have to be sent <v1 or 2c> refers to the SNMP version <RO community string> refers to the Read-Only community string Then, enable SNMP Traps using the command below: snmp-server enable traps [notification-type] [notification-option] Ex: snmp-server enable traps config [this will send all configurationnotifications as traps]