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diff --git a/lib/snmp/doc/src/snmp_manager_config_files.xml b/lib/snmp/doc/src/snmp_manager_config_files.xml index 486ef7c170..d8bd4b0f3a 100644 --- a/lib/snmp/doc/src/snmp_manager_config_files.xml +++ b/lib/snmp/doc/src/snmp_manager_config_files.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <chapter> <header> <copyright> - <year>2004</year><year>2013</year> + <year>2004</year><year>2014</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -64,13 +64,42 @@ <item> <p><c>Variable</c> is one of the following:</p> <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p><c>address</c> - which defines the IP address of the - manager. Default is local host.</p> - </item> + <item> + <p><c>transports</c> - which defines the transport domains + and their addresses for the manager. <em>Mandatory</em> + </p> + <p><c>Value</c> is a list of <c>{Domain, Addr}</c> tuples + or <c>Domain</c> atoms. + </p> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p><c>Domain</c> is one of <c>transportDomainUdpIpv4</c> + or <c>transportDomainUdpIpv6</c>.</p> + </item> + <item> + <p><c>Addr</c> is for the currently supported domains + either an <c>IpAddr</c> or an <c>{IpAddr, IpPort}</c> + tuple.<c>IpAddr</c> is either a regular Erlang/OTP + <seealso marker="kernel:inet#type-ip_address"> + <c>ip_address()</c></seealso> or a traditional SNMP integer list + and <c>IpPort</c> is an integer. + </p> + <p>When <c>Addr</c> does not contain a port number, + the value of <c>port</c> is used. + </p> + <p>When a <c>Addr</c> is not specified i.e by + using only a <c>Domain</c> atom, the host's name + is resolved to find the IP address, and the value of + <c>port</c> is used. + </p> + </item> + </list> + </item> <item> <p><c>port</c> - which defines which UDP port the manager uses - for communicating with agents. <em>Mandatory</em>.</p> + for communicating with agents. + <em>Mandatory</em> if <c>transports</c> does not define + a port number for every transport.</p> </item> <item> <p><c>engine_id</c> - The <c>SnmpEngineID</c> as defined in @@ -87,11 +116,13 @@ </p> </item> </list> + <p>The legacy and intermediate variables <c>address</c> and <c>domain</c> + are still supported so old configurations will work.</p> <p>The following example shows a <c>manager.conf</c> file: </p> <pre> -{address, [141,213,11,24]}. -{port, 5000}. +{transports, [{transportDomainUdpIpv4, {{141,213,11,24}, 5000}}, + {transportDomainUdpIpv6, {{0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1}, 5000}}]}. {engine_id, "mgrEngine"}. {max_message_size, 484}. </pre> @@ -146,7 +177,7 @@ </p> <p>Each entry is a tuple: </p> - <p><c>{UserId, TargetName, Comm, Ip, Port, EngineID, Timeout, MaxMessageSize, Version, SecModel, SecName, SecLevel}.</c></p> + <p><c>{UserId, TargetName, Comm, Domain, Addr, EngineID, Timeout, MaxMessageSize, Version, SecModel, SecName, SecLevel}.</c></p> <list type="bulleted"> <item> <p><c>UserId</c> is the identity of the <em>manager user</em> @@ -160,10 +191,17 @@ <p><c>Comm</c> is the community string (string).</p> </item> <item> - <p><c>Ip</c> is the ip address of the agent (a list of four integers).</p> + <p><c>Domain</c> is the transport domain, either + <c>transportDomainUdpIpv4</c> or <c>transportDomainUdpIpv6</c>.</p> </item> <item> - <p><c>Port</c> is the port number of the agent (integer).</p> + <p><c>Addr</c> is the address in the transport domain, + either an <c>{IpAddr, IpPort}</c> tuple or a traditional SNMP + integer list containing port number. <c>IpAddr</c> is either + a regular Erlang/OTP + <seealso marker="kernel:inet#type-ip_address"><c>ip_address()</c></seealso> + or a traditional SNMP integer list not containing port number, + and <c>IpPort</c> is an integer.</p> </item> <item> <p><c>EngineID</c> is the engine-id of the agent (string).</p> @@ -190,6 +228,9 @@ authPriv).</p> </item> </list> + <p>Legacy configurations using tuples without <c>Domain</c> element, + as well as with all <c>TDomain</c>, <c>Ip</c> and <c>Port</c> elements + still work.</p> </section> <section> |