Preparing an Avaya Communication Manager Environment › Enable SNMP Access

Enable SNMP Access

Note: This procedure is optional. You do not need to perform this procedure if you already enabled read-only access to the SNMP Master Agent on Avaya Communication Manager.

The UC Monitor collector uses SNMP polling to access records about active devices and trunk group utilization from Avaya Communication Manager. Avaya Communication Manager provides some administrative settings that affect SNMP access to the server MIB. Only when SNMP access is enabled does UC Monitor collect the following types of information about a monitored device:

• Model or type
• Serial number
• Switch address
• Switch port

You use the Avaya Communication Manager web interface to enable SNMP access. For more information about using the web interface, consult the documentation for your version of Avaya Communication Manager.

Follow these steps:

1. Navigate to the Alarms section of the Server (Maintenance) page and enable 'SNMP Agents.'
2. Open UDP port 161 to allow SNMP access.
   • For Avaya Aura Communication Manager, enabling 'SNMP Agents' automatically opens UDP port 161, which is the default.
   • For earlier versions of Avaya Communication Manager, manually open UDP port 161. Navigate to the Firewall page of the Security section and performing the following tasks:
     • Select the Input to Server check box for the SNMP service.
     • Select the Output from Server check box for the SNMP service.