Brocade VDX SNMP Changes
Brocade tightened up some SNMP settings with NOS 6.0.x. This improves security, but it also means that you will need to modify your configuration if you upgrade. If you don’t, SNMP won’t work, and you’ll get errors with BNA/Nagios/Cacti/etc. Here’s the changes, and how to get SNMP working with NOS 6.0.x. NB This applies to VDX Data Centre switches. Other product lines have different configuration.
5.x and earlier defaults
NOS 5.x and earlier had default SNMP settings that looked like this:
snmp-server contact "Field Support." snmp-server location "End User Premise." snmp-server sys-descr "Brocade VDX Switch." snmp-server community ConvergedNetwork snmp-server community OrigEquipMfr rw snmp-server community "Secret C0de" rw snmp-server community common snmp-server community private rw snmp-server community public snmp-server user snmpadmin1 groupname snmpadmin snmp-server user snmpadmin2 groupname snmpadmin snmp-server user snmpadmin3 groupname snmpadmin snmp-server user snmpuser1 snmp-server user snmpuser2 snmp-server user snmpuser3
Yeah. Pretty open. So if you’re lazy, and your NMS tried a default discovery string of Continue reading