Categories like server-level or global SNMP settings only exist on the CA Virtual Assurance manager. Policy Configuration delivers a collection of these settings through a policy to managed servers. These SNMP settings finally appear in the sysedge.cf configuration file on each of the managed target servers. SystemEDGE does not distinguish between server-level or global SNMP settings. This information is stored on the manager only. The manager knows which version of the policy has been applied to a particular managed server.
If necessary, you can add your own global or server-level SNMP settings to the CA Virtual Assurance manager.
In most cases, the global SNMP settings mechanism provides you the appropriate flexibility to manage the SNMP settings on your servers. In specific cases, it can be necessary to use server-level SNMP settings. Policy Configuration provides you the full flexibility when you create the collection of SNMP settings for your policy. You can select global or server-level SNMP settings as appropriate.
Global SNMP settings populate the drop-down lists for the following fields in the SystemEDGE package wrapper for Remote Deployment:
Alternatively, you can edit the fields inline.
The available SNMPv1 community strings depend on the port setting. When you select the port number first, then you get automatically the valid community strings in the drop-down lists for that port. If no credentials are specified in the package wrapper, the installer defaults to the read-only string of public. The credentials in the package wrapper are valid from the point SystemEDGE is installed, until SystemEDGE on the managed server registers with Policy Configuration to enter the managed mode. SystemEDGE loads the settings from the policy.
Note: SystemEDGE requires at least one SNMPv1 community for its installation. After CA Virtual Assurance has discovered SystemEDGE on the server, CA Virtual Assurance can treat these SNMPv1 settings as server-level SNMP settings.
The following option under Administration, Configuration, Deployment & Configuration controls whether the SNMP settings in the package wrapper become server-level SNMP settings or not.
If this option is enabled, CA Virtual Assurance uses the SNMPv1 settings for the installation as server-level SNMP credentials.
For each Remote Deployment job, you can specify a policy that is applied to the target systems during the deployment process. If you do not specify a particular policy, CA Virtual Assurance uses the SystemEDGE default policy. If you have defined multiple SystemEDGE policies, you can determine the default policy in the SystemEDGE Policies pane from the list of existing policies.
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