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How to change Health Monitoring from SNMPv1 or SNMPv2 to SNMPv3 on a Brocade switch?

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Applies to

  • MetroCluster
  • Brocade
  • HealthMonitor

Description

This procedure explains how to change the Health Monitoring for a Brocade switch in a MetroCluster backend from SNMPv1 or SNMPv1 to SNMPv3.

Procedure

Remove the switch from Health Monitoring
  1. List all the switches that use SNMPv1 or SNMPv2.
    • For latest ONTAP versions:
      • ::> system switch fibre-channel show -snmp-version !SNMPv3
    • For older ONTAP versions
      • ::> storage switch show  -snmp-version !SNMPv3

ClusterA::> system switch fibre-channel show -snmp-version !SNMPv3
                      Symbolic                                Is        Monitor
Switch                Name     Vendor  Model Switch WWN       Monitored Status
--------------------- -------- ------- ----- ---------------- --------- -------
Brocade_10.10.10.1
                      switch1
                               Brocade Brocade6510
                                             1000c4f57c46affe true      ok
Brocade_10.10.10.2
                      switch2
                               Brocade Brocade6510
                                             1000c4f57c46bffe true      ok
2 entries were displayed.

  1. Remove the switch from health monitoring:
    • For latest ONTAP versions:
      • ::> system switch fibre-channel remove -switch-name Brocade_10.10.10.1
    • For older ONTAP versions
      • ::> storage switch remove -switch-name Brocade_10.10.10.1
Add the switch to Health Monitoring using SNMPv3
  1. Configure ONTAP for monitoring the switches with SNMPv3:

Configuring SNMPv3 in a MetroCluster configuration

  1. Add the switch to monitoring using the following command:
    • For latest ONTAP versions:
      • ::> system switch fibre-channel add -address <switch_IP> -snmp-community-or-username <snmpv3user> -snmp-version SNMPv3
    • For older ONTAP versions
      • ::> storage switch add -address <switch_IP> -snmp-community-or-username <snmpv3user> -snmp-version SNMPv3

 

 

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