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Configuring SNMP traps, To con general SNMP settings, complete the following steps, Con

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Chapter 3: Using the Web Interface 43 Figure 3.10: SNMP Configuration window To configure general SNMP settings, complete the following steps: 1. Log into the Web interface as a user with Appliance Administrator rights. 2. Click the Configure tab, and then click SNMP in the left menu. 3. Select or clear the Enable SNMP check box to enable or disable SNMP. 4. If SNMP is enabled, complete the following steps: a. Type the fully qualified domain name for the system in the Name field and the name of a contact person in the System section. Both fields have a limit of 255 characters. b. Type Read, Write, and Trap community names. These specify the community strings that must be used in SNMP actions. The Read and Write strings only apply to SNMP over UDP port 161 and act as passwords that protect access to the appliance. The values can be up to 64 characters in length. These fields can not be left blank. c. Type the IP address of up to four management servers in the Allowable Managers fields, or leave the fields blank to allow any SNMP management server to manage the appliance. d. Type the IP address of up to four management servers to which this appliance will send traps in the Trap Destination fields. If no IP addresses are specified, no traps are sent. 5. Click Save. Configuring SNMP traps When the Configure tab is selected, the Admin and other users with Appliance Administrator rights can click the SNMP > Traps option in the left menu to configure which traps are enabled and disabled. OpenManage™ IT Assistant software is the event manager.

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Chapter 3: Using the Web Interface
43
Figure 3.10: SNMP Configuration window
To configure general SNMP settings, complete the following steps:
1.
Log into the Web interface as a user with Appliance Administrator rights.
2.
Click the
Configure
tab, and then click
SNMP
in the left menu.
3.
Select or clear the
Enable SNMP
check box to enable or disable SNMP.
4.
If SNMP is enabled, complete the following steps:
a.
Type the fully qualified domain name for the system in the
Name
field and the name of a
contact person in the
System
section. Both fields have a limit of 255 characters.
b.
Type
Read
,
Write
, and
Trap
community names. These specify the community strings
that must be used in SNMP actions. The
Read
and
Write
strings only apply to SNMP
over UDP port 161 and act as passwords that protect access to the appliance. The values
can be up to 64 characters in length. These fields can not be left blank.
c.
Type the IP address of up to four management servers in the
Allowable
Managers
fields,
or leave the fields blank to allow any SNMP management server to manage the appliance.
d.
Type the IP address of up to four management servers to which this appliance will send
traps in the
Trap Destination
fields. If no IP addresses are specified, no traps are sent.
5.
Click
Save
.
Configuring SNMP traps
When the
Configure
tab is selected, the Admin and other users with Appliance Administrator
rights can click the
SNMP
>
Traps
option in the left menu to configure which traps are enabled
and disabled. OpenManage™ IT Assistant software is the event manager.