[ixpmanager] Adding Switch

[Josh Meyers]

Can your ixp manager switch ping the switch and vice versa?  Can you snmpwalk from the server?

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> On May 22, 2018, at 7:36 AM, Giorgi Kajaia <giokajana at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> this is my snmp config for switch :
> snmp-server community public RO
> snmp-server community private RW
> snmp-server user private private v1
> snmp-server user private private v2c
> 
> so what should i type in SNMP community filed  ? i tried public, private, user, but does not work ... error type is  Could not query newtelco via SNMP. Consider using the the manual add method.
> 
> 
>> On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 3:30 PM, Nick Hilliard <nick at inex.ie> wrote:
>> First, delete the switch, and use the "Add New Switch (via SNMP) " wizard to re-add the switch.
>> 
>> https://www.example.org/ixp/switch/add-by-snmp
>> 
>> If you put the hostname (<x.y.z.w>) into the Hostname field, and whatever you used for <snmpcommunity> in the "SNMP Community" field, it should work fine.
>> 
>> Don't use the "Manual / Non-SNMP Add" option.
>> 
>> Also, as it's a cisco switch, please make sure that the SNMP community does not contain the "@" symbol.
>> 
>> It may be helpful if you worked through the tutorial at:
>> 
>> https://www.ixpmanager.org/media/2018/inex-apricot-ixp-manager-workshop2-installation-2018-02-25.pdf
>> 
>> Nick
>>> Giorgi Kajaia 22 May 2018 at 12:21
>>> Yes It has returned pile of output ...
>>> 
>>> so what could be issue of ixpmanager cannot contact the switch ?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Nick Hilliard 22 May 2018 at 12:09
>>> There is no cisco model 4950.  Did you mean Cisco 4948?
>>> 
>>> Did IXP Manager print any error messages? E.g. "Could not interpret switch system description string"?
>>> 
>>> Nick
>>> 
>>> 
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>>> Nick Hilliard 21 May 2018 at 15:47
>>> Hi Giorgi,
>>> 
>>> can you to ixpmanager at inex.ie and I'll reply to your email from there?  
>>> 
>>> Nick
>>> 
>>> Nick Hilliard 21 May 2018 at 09:58
>>> The SNMP community on a switch is whatever you set the value to be on the switch.  The default value on many switches is "public".
>>> 
>>> Nick
>>> 
>> 
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