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Setting the Device Manager properties

Device Manager communicates with the BayStack 425 switch using Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). The software is shipped with default values set for important communication parameters, such as the polling interval, timeout, and retry count. You may want to set the parameters before you open a device to manage.

To set the Device Manager properties:

  1. Choose Device > Properties.
  2. The Properties dialog box opens.
  3. Type information and select check boxes.
  4. Click OK.

  5. Area Item Description
    Polling
    Status Interval
    Interval at which status information is gathered (default is 20 seconds). For a full stack, set this interval to 60 seconds.

    (If Traps, Status Interval: )
    Interval at which statistics and status information are gathered when traps are enabled. The default is 60.

    Hotswap Poll Interval
    The interval at which Device Manager polls for module information. The default is 1 interval.

    Enable
    Enables (true) or disables (false) periodic polling of the device for updated status. If polling is disabled, the chassis status is updated only when you click Refresh on the Chassis tab.
    SNMP
    Retry Count
    Number of times Device Manager sends the same polling request if a response is not returned to Device Manager.
    You may want to set this field to three or four.

    Timeout
    Length of each retry of each polling waiting period. When you access the device through a slow link, you may want to increase the timeout interval and then change the Retransmission Strategy to superlinear.

    Trace
    The trace field is used to enable and disable SNMP tracing. When Trace is selected, SNMP protocol data units (PDUs) are displayed in the Device > Log dialog box.

    Register for Traps
    When selected (enabled), automatically registers to received traps when Device Manager is launched against a device.

    Max Traps in Log
    The specified number of traps that may exist in the trap log. The default is 500.

    Trap Port
    Specifies the UDP port that Device Manager will listen to receive SNMP traps.

    Listen for Syslogs
    Specifies listening to system logs.

    Confirm row deletion
    A dialog box displays when checked, before deleting a row.

    Default read community
    Specifies the default read community.

    Default write community
    Specifies the default write community.

See also


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