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Author: zhangqiao@ruiji    Time: 2024-11-28 16:13
Title: How to configure SNMP on the firewall?
Introduction of SNMP:

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a protocol used for network monitoring and management.  SNMP allows the network administrators to perform information query, network configuration, fault locating, and capacity planning for nodes on the network for efficient and batch management of network devices.

Configuration:

(1) Access the SNMP configuration page.

Choose System> System Config > SNMP.




(2) Enable SNMP




(3) Configure parameters for interconnecting the firewall and NMS server.

  Item
  
  Description
  
  Remarks
  
  SNMP Version
  
  Version number of SNMP. The options  are v1/v2c and v3.
  
  The selected version must match that of  the NMS server.  [Example]   v3
  
  SNMP Version: v1/v2c
  
  SNMP Read-Only   Community String
  
  Community name used for  authentication between the managed  device and NMS server.  If the NMS user uses a read-only  community name for authentication, the  user possesses the read-only  permission to query device information.
  
  The value must be the same as the readonly  community name on the NMS.  Otherwise, access from the NMS to the  device may fail.  Characters such as  `~!#%^&*+\|{};:'"/<>?   and spaces are not allowed.   [Example]  public
  
  SNMP Read-Write   Community  String
  
  Community name used for  authentication between the managed  device and NMS server.  If the NMS user uses a read-write community  name for authentication, the  user  possesses the read-write  permission on  device configuration.
  
  The value must be the same as the readwrite  community name on the NMS.  Otherwise, access from the NMS to the  device may fail.  Characters such as  `~!#%^&*+\|{};:'"/<>?   and spaces are not allowed.   [Example]  private
  
  SNMP Version: v3
  
  Security   Username
  
  Username used by the NMS user to  access the managed device.
  
  The value must be the same as that on  the NMS.   Characters such as `~!#%^&*+\|{};:'"/<>?  and spaces are not allowed.  [Example]   user1
  
  Authentication   Algorithm
  
  Authentication algorithm used to verify  the user identity. MD5 and SHA  algorithms are supported.
  
  The value must be the same as that on  the NMS.   [Example]  MD5
  
  Authentication   Key
  
  Password used to verify whether the  NMS user is valid.
  
  The value must be the same as the  authentication password configured on  the NMS.   [Example]  authkey
  
  Encryption   Algorithm
  
  Password used to encrypt the  transmitted data.
  
  The value must be the same as the  encryption password configured on the  NMS.   [Example]  prikey  
  
  Device Location
     
  Physical location of the managed  device. This information allows the  administrator to quickly locate a faulty  device.
  
  -
  
  Contact Info
  
  Contact information of the maintenance  engineer of the managed device. This  information allows the administrator  to  easily get in touch with the  devicerelated  personnel.  
  
  -
  
  Trap Receiver
  Click Create  to add a trap receiver.
  
  Trap Receiver
  
  Destination host address that receives  the Trap message.
  
  [Example]   1.1.1.2
  
  Port
  
  Number of the port used by the  managed device to send a Trap  message to the destination host. The  default value is 162.
  
  [Example]   162
  
  Type
  
  Trap type. The options are TRAP,  TRAP2, and INFORM.
  
  The type is TRAP2  in most cases.  [Example]  TRAP2
  
  Security   Username
  
  Credential used by the device to report  alarm information to the NMS server.
  
  The value must be the same as that on  the NMS server.  [Example]   user1
  





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