Configuring Manager Requests Parent topic

SNMP managers can use SNMP protocol commands to request Deep Discovery Web Inspector system information.

Procedure

  1. Go to Administration → System Settings → SNMP.
  2. Under Manager Requests, select Listen for requests from SNMP managers.
  3. Specify the manager request settings.
    Option
    Description
    Device location
    Specify the location of this appliance.
    A valid device location is less than 255 characters and does not contain the following characters: [ ] ' / " { } < > | & ! ( )
    Administrator contact
    Specify the administrator contact of this appliance.
    A valid administrator contact is less than 255 characters and does not contain the following characters: [ ] ' / " { } < > | & ! ( )
    SNMP version
    Select the SNMP version:
    • SNMPv1/SNMPv2c
    • SNMPv3
      If you use SNMPv3, configure the SNMP server as follows:
      • Context Name: "" (default context)
      • Context Engine ID: <Auto>
      • (Optional) MD5 Authentication protocol: HMAC-MD5
      • (Optional) DES Privacy protocol: CBC-DES
    Allowed community names
    Note
    Note
    This field is only available for SNMPv1/SNMPv2c.
    Specify a maximum of 5 community names.
    A valid allowed community name is less than 255 characters and does not contain double-byte encoded characters, spaces, or the following characters: [ ] ' / " { } < > | & ! ( )
    Trusted manager server addresses
    Note
    Note
    This field is only available for SNMPv1/SNMPv2c.
    Specify a maximum of 32 trusted manager server addresses.
    Security model
    Note
    Note
    This field is only available for SNMPv3.
    Select the security model:
    • No authentication or privacy
    • Authenticated
    • Authenticated with privacy
    User name
    Note
    Note
    This field is only available for SNMPv3 (all security models).
    Specify the user name.
    A valid manager requests user name is less than 255 characters and does not contain double-byte encoded characters, spaces, or the following characters: [ ] ' / " { } < > | & ! ( )
    Password
    Note
    Note
    This field is only available for SNMPv3 using Authenticated or Authenticated with privacy security model.
    Specify the password.
    A valid manager requests password is more than 8 and less than 255 characters and does not contain spaces or the following characters: [ ] ' / " { } < > | & ! ( )
    Privacy passphrase
    Note
    Note
    This field is only available for SNMPv3 using the Authenticated with privacy security model.
    Specify the privacy passphrase.
    A valid manager requests passphrase is more than 8 and less than 255 characters and does not contain spaces or the following characters: [ ] ' / " { } < > | & ! ( )
  4. Click Save.
  5. (Optional) Click Download MIB to download the Management Information Database (MIB) files.
    • Users can open the MIB files to view all network objects that can be monitored and managed using the SNMP protocol, or import them into management consoles that support this protocol.
    • For a list of Deep Discovery Web Inspector supported SNMP object identifiers (OID), see SNMP Object Identifiers.