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Configure SNMP for the NBA

Before you enable SNMP on the NBA, you need to configure the system name, contact and location details and ‘community’ authentication details.

To configure SNMP for the NBA

1. Log on to the NBA console and browse to the SNMP screen.
2. Go to the SNMP Configuration section and provide the following details:

   SNMP Monitoring

   Use this setting to enable or diable SNMP monitoring.

   SNMP Write Access

   By default, Write access to objects in the SNMP MIB is disabled and you cannot reset statistics.

   Use this setting to enable Write access to objects in the SNMP MIB.

   System Name

   This is a read-only property that identifies the NBA.

   On the Linux Server Platform, the System Name is identical to the system’s DNS name.

   System Contact

   This is a text string that identifies the person or team in your organization with responsibility for maintaining the NBA.

   System Location

   This is a text string that identifies the NBA’s location within your organization.

   Read-only community

   This is a text string (in effect, a password) used to authenticate the SNMP manager when it reads object data from the SNMP agent on the NBA. The default value is ‘public’.

   Read-write community

   This is a text string (a password) used to authenticate the SNMP manager when it sends instructions to the SNMP agent (for example, to remotely configure the NBA). The default value is ‘private’.

3. Click Apply to store the SNMP configuration changes.