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Can I enable Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) version 1 on devices that cannot handle SNMP version 2?

April 26, 2017Devices enable Management Network Protocol simple SNMP version

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Can I enable Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) version 1 on devices that cannot handle SNMP version 2?

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A. Certain devices do not handle SNMP v2 properly, and some old devices do not handle SNMP v2 at all. It is possible to enable SNMP v1 on such devices. RTM 1.3 and 1.4 have an “SNMP v1 escape” mechanism that allows you to configure a single device for communication with SNMP v1. For devices that do not perform properly with RTM using SNMP v2 (such as Cisco Catalyst 5000 Series switches) SNMP v1 might be required. Complete these steps to enable SNMP v1 for a device: • In the RTMROOT/rtm/bin directory, edit the snmpversion.dat file. • Add an entry that contains the IP address of the device, followed by the SNMP version. For example, 172.20.100.53 1.