Agenda: exercises-snmp-v1-v2c.txt

SNMP exercises, part I
======================

Note: many of the commands in this exercise do not have to be run as root,
but it is safe to run them all as root. So it's simpler if you start a
root shell and enter them all there. You can start a root shell like this:

    $ sudo bash

0. Installing client tools
--------------------------

    # apt-get install snmp
    # apt-get install snmp-mibs-downloader

The second of the two commands downloads the standard IETF and IANA
SNMP MIBs which are not included by default.

Note: for this to work, you must enable the "multiverse" source in your
APT configuration, if you are using Ubuntu 12.04. This has already been
done for you here.


Now, edit the file /etc/snmp/snmp.conf

    Change this line:
        
        mibs :
        
    ... so that it looks like:

        # mibs :

        (You are "commenting out" the mibs statement, which is telling the
        snmp* tools to automatically load the mibs downloaded into the 
        /usr/share/mibs/ directory).


1. Configure SNMP on Your Router
--------------------------------

For this exercise you need to work in groups. Assign one person to type on
the keyboard. 

If you are unsure of what group you are in refer to the Network Diagram on the 
classroom wiki by going to http://noc.ws.nsrc.org/ and clicking on the Network 
Diagram link.

Now connect to your router:

        $ ssh cisco@rtrN.ws.nsrc.org    (or "ssh cisco@10.10.N.254")
        
        username: cisco
        password: <CLASS PASSWORD>

        rtrN> enable
        Password: <CLASS PASSWORD>
        rtrN# configure terminal                        (conf t)
        
Now we need to add an Access Control List rule for SNMP access, turn on SNMP, assign 
a read-only SNMP community string and tell the router to maintain SNMP information
across reboots. To do this we do:

        rtrN(config)# access-list 99 permit 10.10.0.0 0.0.255.255
        rtrN(config)# snmp-server community NetManage ro 99
        rtrN(config)# snmp-server ifindex persist
        
Now let's exit and save this new configuration to the routers permanent config.

        rtrN(config)# exit
        rtrN# write memory                                      (wr mem)
        rtrN# exit                                              (until you return to your pc)
        
Now to see if your changes are working.


2. Testing SNMP
---------------

To control that your SNMP installation works, run the
snmpstatus command on each of the following devices

    $ snmpstatus -c 'NetManage' -v2c <IP_ADDRESS>

Where <IP_ADDRESS> is each of the following:

    * The NOC server:       10.10.0.254
    * Your group's router:  10.10.N.254
    * The access point:    10.10.0.251
    
What happens if you try using the wrong community string (i.e. change
'NetManage' to something else?)


3. SNMP Walk and OIDs
---------------------

Now, you are going to use the 'snmpwalk' command, part of the
SNMP toolkit, to list the tables associated with the OIDs listed
below, on each piece of equipment you tried above:

    .1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.2
    .1.3.6.1.2.1.31.1.1.1.18
    .1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.13.1
    .1.3.6.1.2.1.25.2.3.1
    .1.3.6.1.2.1.25.4.2.1

You will try this with two forms of the 'snmpwalk' command:

    $ snmpwalk -c 'NetManage' -v2c <IP_ADDRESS> <OID>

and

    $ snmpwalk -On -c 'NetManage' -v2c <IP_ADDRESS> <OID>

... where OID is one of the OIDs listed above: .1.3.6...

...where IP_ADDRESS can be your group's router...

Note: the "-On" option turns on numerical output, i.e.: no translation
of the OID <-> MIB object takes place.

For these OIDs:

a) Do all the devices answer ?
b) Do you notice anything important about the OID on the output ?

4. Configuration of snmpd on your PC
-------------------------------------

For this exercise your group needs to verify that the snmpd service is running and 
responding to queries for all machines in your group. First enable snmpd on your machine,
then test if your machine is responding, then check each machine of your other group 
members.

* Install the SNMP agent (daemon)

        # apt-get install snmpd

* Configuration. 

We will make a backup of the distributed config, and then we will
create our own:

        # cd /etc/snmp
        # mv snmpd.conf snmpd.conf.dist
        # editor snmpd.conf

Then, copy/paste the following (do not include the -- cut here -- lines)

-- cut here -------------------------

#  Listen for connections on all interfaces (both IPv4 *and* IPv6)
agentAddress udp:161,udp6:[::1]:161

# Configure Read-Only community and restrict who can connect
rocommunity NetManage  10.10.0.0/16
rocommunity NetManage  127.0.0.1

# Information about this host
sysLocation    NSRC Network Management Workshop
sysContact     sysadm@pcX.ws.nsrc.org

# Which OSI layers are active in this host
# (Application + End-to-End layers)
sysServices    72

-- cut here -------------------------

Now save and exit from the editor.

* Restart snmpd

        # service snmpd restart

5. Check that snmpd is working:
-------------------------------

    $ snmpstatus -c 'NetManage' -v2c localhost

What do you observe ?

6. Test your neighbors
----------------------

Check now that you can run snmpstatus against your other group members servers:

    $ snmpstatus -c 'NetManage' -v2c pcN.ws.nsrc.org
    
For instance, in group 4, you should verify against:

        pc17.ws.nsrc.org
        pc18.ws.nsrc.org
        pc19.ws.nsrc.org
        pc20.ws.nsrc.org


7. Adding MIBs
--------------

Remember when you ran:

    $ snmpwalk -c 'NetManage' -v2c 10.10.X.254  .1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.13.1

If you noticed, the SNMP client (snmpwalk) couldn't interpret
all the OIDs coming back from the Agent:

    SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.9.9.13.1.3.1.2.1 = STRING: "chassis"
    SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.9.9.13.1.3.1.6.1 = INTEGER: 1

What is '9.9.13.1.3.1' ?

To be able to interpret this information, we need to download extra MIBs:

* We will use the following MIBs (Don't download them yet!):

    CISCO MIBS: 

        ftp://ftp.cisco.com/pub/mibs/v2/CISCO-SMI.my 
        ftp://ftp.cisco.com/pub/mibs/v2/CISCO-ENVMON-MIB.my

To make it easier, we have a local mirror on http://noc.ws.nsrc.org/mibs/

        # apt-get install wget
        # cd /usr/share/mibs
        # mkdir cisco && cd cisco

        # wget http://noc.ws.nsrc.org/mibs/CISCO-ENVMON-MIB.my
        # wget http://noc.ws.nsrc.org/mibs/CISCO-SMI.my

Now we need to tell the snmp tools that we have the cisco MIBS it
should load. So edit the file /etc/snmp/snmp.conf, and add the
following two lines:

mibdirs +/usr/share/mibs/cisco
mibs +CISCO-ENVMON-MIB:CISCO-SMI

* Save the file, quit.

Now, try again:

    $ snmpwalk -c 'NetManage' -v2c 10.10.X.254  .1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.13.1

What do you notice ?


8. SNMPwalk - the rest of MIB-II
--------------------------------

Try and run snmpwalk on any hosts (routers, switches, machines) you
have not tried yet, in the 10.10.0.X network

Note the kind of information you can obtain.

    $ snmpwalk -c 'NetManage' -v2c 10.10.0.X ifDescr
    $ snmpwalk -c 'NetManage' -v2c 10.10.0.X ifTable
    $ snmpwalk -c 'NetManage' -v2c 10.10.0.X ifAlias
    $ snmpwalk -c 'NetManage' -v2c 10.10.0.X ifOperStatus
    $ snmpwalk -c 'NetManage' -v2c 10.10.0.X ifAdminStatus
    $ snmpwalk -c 'NetManage' -v2c 10.10.0.X if

What do you think might be the difference between ifOperStatus and
ifAdminStatus?

Can you imagine a scenario where this could be useful ?


9. More MIB-OID fun
--------------------

* Use SNMP to examine:

    a) the running processes on your neighbor's server (hrSWRun)
    b) the amount of free diskspace on your neighbor's server (hrStorage)
    c) the interfaces on your neighbor's server (ifIndex, ifDescr)

    Can you use short names to walk these OID tables ?

* Experiment with the "snmptranslate" command, example:

        $ snmptranslate .1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.13.1

* Try with various OIDs