Migration to Open-Source Simple Network Management Protocol

This version replaces the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) stack with an open-source Net-SNMP for network management. The major set of features the operating system SNMP supports include:

Limitations

The following table describes the limitations of implementing open-source Net-SNMP:

Table 1. Net-SNMP Limitations
Feature Limitation
Remote Monitoring (RMON) alarms Only RMON Alarm MIBs are supported
Notification-table Net-SNMP implementation supports only default table with no filtering
Switch Network Monitoring (SMON) MIB Not supported
show snmp statistics Will not show VR-specific counters
3DES 3DES is not supported as a privacy protocol for SNMPv3 users
Filter-Profile functionality Not supported
Community with blank string Not supported
Traps sent when no VR is specified Send traps by default on Management VR if no VR is specified

Modified CLI Commands

The following commands are modified based on the limitations described in the previous section:

configure snmpv3 add user - removes the 3DES option.

show checkpoint-data, restart process, start process, terminate process - removes snmpSubAgent.

show snmp vr-name - shows the combined statistics of all the VRs in the switch and not specifically for each VR.

Obsolete Commands

The following commands are not supported in this version based on the limitations of this feature:

EMS Messages

The following EMS Messages are not supported in this version: