Selecting Configuration>Network>SNMP in Expert mode brings up the screen shown in the following figure.An administrative user can use this screen to enable notifications about significant events or traps to be sent from the OnSite to an SNMP management application, such as HP Openview, Novell NMS, IBM NetView, or Sun Net Manager.The values you need to complete the screen and associated dialog boxes are explained in the following table.
The email address of the OnSite’s administrator, for example, onsite_admin@cyclades.com. SNMP v1 and v2 only. The community name is sent in every communication between the client and the server, and the community name must be correct before requests are allowed. Communities are further defined by the type of access specified under “Permission”: either read only or read write. The most common community is “public” and it should not be used because it is so commonly known. By default, the public community cannot access SNMP information on the OnSite. SNMP v1 and v2 only. Valid entries are “default” or a subnet address, for example, 193.168.44.0/24.Read Only - Read-only access to the entire MIB (Management Information Base) except for SNMP configuration objects.Read/Write - Read-write access to the entire MIB except for SNMP configuration objects. User Name and Password The OnSite SNMP agent supports SNMP v1, v2 and v3. To use SNMP v1 or v2, you need to specify a community name, source IP address or range of addresses, an object ID (OID), and permission (read-write or read-only). SNMP v3 requires: user name, password, OID, and permission.Clicking the “Add” or “Edit” buttons under “SNMPv1/SNMPv2 Configuration” brings up the New/Modify SNMP v1 v2 Configuration” dialog box, as shown in the following figure.Clicking the “Add” or “Edit” buttons under “SNMPv3 Configuration” brings up the New/Modify SNMP v3 Configuration” dialog box, as shown in the following figure.In addition to configuring the SNMP screen and the associated dialog boxes, the administrative user must do the following:
Configure one or more serial ports to send SNMP traps.
• To add an SNMPv1/SNMP2 entry, press the “Add” button under the “SNMPv1/SNMPv2 Configuration” table.
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a. To edit an SNMPv1/SNMP2 entry, select the entry from the “SNMPv1/SNMPv2 Configuration” list and click the “Edit” button.
b. To edit an SNMPv3 entry, select an entry from the “SNMPv3” list and click the “Edit” button.
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