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Manage SNMP Profiles

SNMP profiles supply information that the collector needs when it uses SNMP queries to contact Cisco voice gateways or Avaya Communication Manager call servers. Create an SNMP profile for each SNMP community or each SNMPv3 secure device MIB. UC Monitor provides one default profile (public) for SNMPv1 and SNMPv2C.

You can create, change, and delete SNMP profiles from the UC Monitor management console.

Note: Do not create SNMP profiles for monitoring a Microsoft-only environment.

Follow these steps:

1. Click Administration, Security, SNMP Profiles in the navigation bar.

   The SNMP Profile List opens.

2. Perform the following to create or change an SNMP profile:
   1. Click New to create a profile, or select the profile you want to change and click Edit.

      The SNMP Profile Properties page opens.

   2. Complete the following fields. Different fields are available for each supported version of SNMP.
      • Profile Name: Type a name to identify this SNMP profile. Profile names must be unique, cannot be duplicated across SNMP versions, and are not case-sensitive.
      • SNMP Version: Select the version of SNMP to use: SNMPv1, SNMPv2C, or SNMPv3. This field is available only for creating a profile.
      • Port: Identify the port to use to make SNMP connections to devices associated with this profile. The default should typically be used: Port 161.
      • Use as Default: Select this check box to enable the collector to use this profile first when it discovers a new Avaya Communication Manager or voice gateway, or to contact devices that support SNMP polling but do not have an associated SNMP profile.

        A default profile is required. The only way to remove the default designation from one SNMP profile is to designate another profile as the default. Only one profile can have the default designation at a time.

      • Community Name: (SNMPv1/SNMP/v2) Type the secure SNMP community string that lets the collector query the MIB of this gateway device. The community name must provide read-only access to the device MIB. In the default SNMP profile, the community name is public. Type the community string again in the Verify Community Name field.
      • User Name: (SNMPv3) Type the user name that enables secure access to the media devices or servers associated with this profile.
      • Context Name: (SNMPv3, Optional) Type the name for the context of the SNMP session. The SNMP agent on the associated device uses the context to control which MIBs or MIB content (rows) are exposed for the SNMP session.
      • Authentication Protocol: (SNMPv3) Select the authentication protocol to use to contact devices associated with this profile.
      • Authentication Password: (SNMPv3) Provide the password to use for authentication using SNMPv3 and the selected authentication protocol. Type the password again in the Verify Authentication Password field.
      • Privacy Password: (SNMPv3) Type the password to use when exchanging encryption keys. Type the password again in the Verify Privacy Password field.
   3. Click OK. The profile appears on the SNMP Profile List.
3. Perform the following to delete a profile.
   1. Verify that the profile is not assigned to a voice gateway. If it is, reassign the device to a different profile.
   2. Verify that the profile is not designated as Use as Default. If it is, designate a different profile as the default.
   3. Select the profile you want to delete and then click Delete.
   4. Click OK to confirm the delete. The profile is removed from the SNMP Profile List.
4. Reload the collector to synchronize with settings on the management console.
5. (Cisco only) Assign a new profile to the associated voice gateway.

   Note: Do not assign a profile to Avaya call servers. The collector tries each profile in turn, beginning with the default profile, until it contacts the Communication Manager.

More information:

Manage Voice Gateways