Chapter 4      Managing Devices

Device Management

Task

Procedure

3. (Optional) Enable 

1. Enter enable mode.

CDP.

2. Verify that CDP is running on the switch or router:

3. On IOS based devices, use the show cdp run command.

4. On Hybrid OS based Catalyst switches, use the show cdp command

5. If CDP is not running, use the set cdp enable command to enable CDP.

4. Enable SNMP and set  1. Use the switch's CLI to enable the SNMP server. For example, enable 

up community strings.

snmp.

2. Use the Content Services Switch (CSS) CLI to enable the SNMP server. 

For example, no restrict snmp

.

3. On IOS based devices, enter configuration mode and use the 

snmp community community_string ro command.

On Hybrid OS based Catalyst devices, enter enable mode and use the set 

snmp community read only community_string command.

4. Define read write community string for the CSS and CSM and define 

the community string on the Hosting Solution Engine.

a. Use the CLI of the CSS or CSM to define the read write community 

string. For example:

snmp community  read write

b. If you opt to configure discovery when configuring the Hosting 

Solution Engine, you will be prompted to define the community 

strings during the configuration process. 

If you are configuring discovery after the Hosting Solution Engine 

has been configured, use the Hosting Solution Engine's GUI to 

define the community string on the Hosting Solution Engine. From 

the Devices tab, select Device Management, then SNMP Settings.

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