You can use Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) monitoring to gather comprehensive information about an appliance. SNMP is enabled on appliances by default, allowing you to access monitoring information without any additional configuration.
- Version v2c is a community-based SNMP, meaning that it relies on a community string (similar to a password) for authentication, making it relatively simple to set up.
- Version v3 is a user-based SNMP and provides enhanced security and authentication mechanisms. It introduces the concept of SNMP users and offers features like user authentication and data encryption.
To configure SNMP monitoring on an appliance:
- In the data grid, locate the specific appliance for which you want to configure SNMP monitoring.
- Use either the Action or Row … menu to select Configure SNMP.
- In the dialog, configure SNMP using the following options:
- Name: Enter the name that will be reported through SNMP. By default, this is set as "Bluecat".
- Location: Enter a description of the system’s physical location. By default, this is set as "Toronto".
- Contact: Enter the email address of the contact person responsible for the system. By default, this is set as the email address for BlueCat Support.
- Description: Enter a brief description of the system.
- Enable SNMP v2c: Select this option to enable the SNMP v2c
protocol.
- Community: Enter the community string, which serves as the password for the SNMP v2c protocol
- Enable SNMP v3: Select this option to enable the SNMP v3 protocol.
- Username: Enter the SNMP username for the SNMP user.
- Authentication: Select either MD5 or SHA authentication and enter the user password for the SNMP user. If you select None, the SNMP service doesn't require user authentication and doesn't encrypt the data it returns.
- Encryption: Select either DES or AES 128 encryption, and provide the pasword used to encrypt the data. If you select None, the SNMP service doesn't encrypt the data it returns.
- Select Save.