SNMP Polling Settings

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The following settings are used to poll SNMP devices:

Setting

Description

Protocol

Communication protocol (UDP or TCP).

Port

Port number on SNMP Agent.

SNMP Protocol Version

Version of SNMP protocol to use.

Read Community

Name of SNMP Community to use during read operations. Commonly used name is public.

Write Community

Name of SNMP Community to use during write operations. Commonly used name is private.

Command Retries

Number of request retries to be send before SNMP operation fails.

Command Timeout, milliseconds

Timeout for SNMP requests.

Maximum PDU size, bytes

Maximum size of Protocol Data Unit (PDU) sent by AggreGate Server. Commonly used values are 484 (should be supported by any SNMP device) and 1472 (supported by most devices).

Data To Process

Defines, what kind of SNMP variables should be read and processed. The allowed values are:

Value

Description

All values available in MIB directory

Only the values whose descriptions are found MIB Files Directory are used. All unrecognized SNMP OIDs will be ignored.

All values found by SNMP walk (slow!)

All the values found during SNMP walk operations will be used. This may slow synchronization operation and increase server memory utilization.

 

Security Level

SNMP v3 security configuration. There are three available security levels:

Authentication disabled, privacy (encryption) disabled
Authentication enabled, privacy (encryption) disabled
Authentication enabled, privacy (encryption) enabled

User Name

User name for SNMP v3 authentication and privacy (encryption).

Authentication Protocol

MD5-based authentication or SHA-based SNMP v3 authentication.

Authentication Password

Password for SNMP v3 authentication.

Privacy (Encryption) Protocol

DES-based encryption or AES-based encryption for SNMP v3 .

Privacy (Encryption) Passphrase

Password for SNMP v3 encryption.