Setup Logging to our Solarwinds Server

 

BEFORE YOU BEGIN

Make sure that you are in the correct VDC. To change the VDC, use the switchto vdc command.

 

SUMMARY STEPS

switch to vdc
terminal monitor
config t
logging console 6
show logging console
logging monitor 6
show logging monitor
logging message interface type ethernet description
copy running-config startup-config

Setup SNMP on your NX-OS

BEFORE YOU BEGIN


Make sure that you are in the correct VDC. To change the VDC, use the switchto vdc command.


SUMMARY STEPS

 

switchto vdc
config t
snmp-server user name [auth {md5 | sha} passphrase  [priv  passphrase]  ]
snmp-server user Admin auth sha abcd1234 priv abcdefgh

snmp-server host ip-address {traps | informs} version 2c community [udp_port number:ca21d44f]
switch(config)# snmp-server host 192.0.2.1 informs version 2c public

snmp-server host ip-address filter-vrf vrf_name [udp_port number:ca21d44f]
switch(config)# snmp-server host 192.0.2.1 filter-vrf Red

snmp-server enable traps


snmp-server contact ????
snmp-server location ????

show snmp user
snmp-server community name group {ro | rw}
copy running-config startup-config


configure your nexus snmp sever:

1- create the snmp context and map it to the second VRF :

snmp-server context (context name) vrf (second vrf name)

2- define the second community:

snmp-server community second_community_string

3- set the mib parameters for the second context

snmp-server mib community-map (second_community_string) context (second vrf name)

 

 

NOTE:: This is an ongoing article that I am updating as I learn more.

 

Solarwinds isn't downloading the configs but I found since snmp v1 and 2 are insecure, using snmp-v3 for discovery and inventory not only solves the security issue, but it works great. Use SSH and get all Nexus configs without issue

 

 

Here is my SNMP configuration which works except I can not pull the Configs using Solarwinds.  I may be to change to SNMP v3 which you said works.

 

snmp-server contact MyWiseGuys Helpdesk  or MyWiseGuys NOC 

snmp-server location  9999 Hosang Blvd,, Grand Blanc, MI, 48439, Cabinet DL07

snmp-server source-interface trap mgmt0

snmp-server user admin network-admin auth md5 0xb477afdb0a14be4b8f3adcda26cea26d priv 0xb477afdb0a14be4b8f3adcda26cea26

d localizedkey

snmp-server host 199.68.86.164 traps version 1 Winter!01

snmp-server host 199.68.86.164 use-vrf management

snmp-server enable traps callhome event-notify

snmp-server enable traps callhome smtp-send-fail

snmp-server enable traps cfs state-change-notif

snmp-server enable traps cfs merge-failure

snmp-server enable traps aaa server-state-change

snmp-server enable traps upgrade UpgradeOpNotifyOnCompletion

snmp-server enable traps upgrade UpgradeJobStatusNotify

snmp-server enable traps feature-control FeatureOpStatusChange

snmp-server enable traps sysmgr cseFailSwCoreNotifyExtended

snmp-server enable traps config ccmCLIRunningConfigChanged

snmp-server enable traps snmp authentication

snmp-server enable traps link cisco-xcvr-mon-status-chg

snmp-server enable traps vtp notifs

snmp-server enable traps vtp vlancreate

snmp-server enable traps vtp vlandelete

snmp-server enable traps poe portonoff

snmp-server enable traps poe pwrusageon

snmp-server enable traps poe pwrusageoff

snmp-server enable traps poe police

snmp-server enable traps bridge newroot

snmp-server enable traps bridge topologychange

snmp-server enable traps stpx inconsistency

snmp-server enable traps stpx root-inconsistency

snmp-server enable traps stpx loop-inconsistency

snmp-server community Winter!01 group network-operator

snmp-server community Freeze#01 group network-admin

snmp-server community Winter!01 use-acl SNMP_Access

snmp-server community Freeze#01 use-acl SNMP_Access