SNMP Settings

SNMP Version

Select the SNMP version that you want to deploy. The options are:

• SNMPv2c
• SNMPv3

SNMP Communities

(SNMPv2c only)

The following two default communities are provided. You have the option to edit them, or delete them and then add your own communities. There is a limit of two SNMP communities.

• public—includes READ-LEVEL access.
• private—includes WRITE-LEVEL access.

From the Actions column, select the following icons to:

• —Select this icon to edit settings for the adjacent community.
• —Select this icon to delete the adjacent community.

To add a new community, select Add Community, configure settings for the following fields, and select Save.

• Name—Enter a name (between 1 and 32 characters).
• Access Level— Select READ-LEVEL or WRITE_LEVEL.

Context String

(SNMPv3 only)

Enter a text string (between 1 and 32 characters) to identify the SNMP configuration.

Engine ID

(SNMPv3 only)

The engine ID for the SNMP agent. The value for this field is auto-generated by default, but you can assign a new value. The value must be between 1 and 27 characters, and includes support for special characters, but does not include support for the following characters: < | &.

SNMP Users

(SNMPv3 only)

To add a new SNMP user, select Add User and configure the following:

• Name—Enter a text string (between 1 and 32 characters) to identify the user.

• Security—Select the security level:

  • Authentication, Privacy—SNMP messaging is authenticated and encrypted.
  • Authentication, No Privacy—SNMP messaging is authenticated, but messages are unencrypted.
  • No Authentication, No Privacy—SNMP messaging is unauthenticated and unencrypted.

• Auth Type—If you selected authentication, select the authentication hash algorithm. The options are MD5 (default), SHA, SHA224, SHA256, SHA384, and SHA512.

• Auth Password—If you selected authentication, enter an authentication password between 8-32 characters with alpha, numeric, and special characters.

  • Mask—When checked (the default setting), the Auth Password cannot be read in the GUI. When unchecked, the password is readable in the GUI.

• Privacy Type—If you selected Privacy, select the encryption algorithm. The options are DES (default), AES, AES192, and AES256.

• Privacy Password—If you selected Privacy, enter an encryption password between 8 and 32 characters with alpha, numeric, and special characters.

  • Mask—When this setting is checked (the default setting), the Privacy Password cannot be read in the GUI. When unchecked, the password is readable in the GUI..

• Save—Select to save the user settings.

For existing configurations, the Actions column displays:

• —Select this icon to edit the adjacent SNMP user settings.
• —Select this icon to delete the adjacent SNMP user

SNMP Notifications

This set of fields lists SNMP notifications that SNMP watches for. You can add up to two SNMP notifications.

To add a new notification, select Add Notification, set the following fields, and select Save.

• Name (SNMPv3 only)—The SNMPv3 user name for this notification.
• Version—The SNMP version (SNMP v2c or SNMPv3) for this notification.
• Server Address—The IP address of the Network Management Station (NMS) server to which you are sending this SNMP notification.
• Server Port—The receiving port on the NMS server.

For Actions, you can select from the following:

• —Select this icon to edit the adjacent notification.
• —Select this icon to delete the adjacent notification.

Forward Traps

From the drop-down, select the severity threshold for sending event logs to the SNMP server as forward traps. Logs with a severity that meets or exceed this threshold get forwarded to the NMS server as traps. The options, in order of least-severe-to-most severe, are as follows:

• Informational
• Minor
• Major
• Critical (default setting)