SNMP Service Screen

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Last Modified 2022-12-12 10:12 -0500

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The Service > SNMP screen settings configure SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) that monitors network-attached devices for conditions that warrant administrative attention.

Click the edit to open the Services > SNMP configuration screen.

General Options

SNMP v3 Options

Setting	Description
Location	Enter the location of the system.
Contact	Enter the email address to receive SNMP service messages.
Community	Enter a community other than the default public to increase system security. Value can only contain alphanumeric characters, underscores (_), dashes (-), periods (.), and spaces. Not required and can leave this empty for SNMPv3 networks.

SNMP v3 Support Options

Setting	Description
SNMP v3 Support	Select to to enable support for SNMP version 3 and display the SNMP v3 setting fields. See snmpd.conf(5) for configuration details.
Username	Enter a user name to register with this service.
Authentication Type	Select an authentication method: — for none, SHA, or MD5 from the dropdown list.
Password	Enter a password of at least eight characters.
Privacy Protocol	Select a privacy protocol: — for none, AES, or DES from the dropdown list.
Privacy Passphrase	Enter a separate privacy passphrase. Password is used when this is left empty.

Other Options

Setting	Description
Auxiliary Parameters	Enter any additional snmpd.conf options. Add one option for each line.
Expose zilstat via SNMP	Select to enable. If enabled this option might have performance implications on your pools.
Log Level	Select how many log entries to create. Dropdown list options are Emergency, Alert, Critical, Error, Warning, Notice, Info and Debug.

Related Content

• Configuring SNMP Service