SNMP and SMTP Settings Parent topic

The SNMP (system attribute monitoring) and SMTP (email) protocol settings must be set before SecureCloud can issue Central Management Console-based notifications.

Procedure

  1. On the Central Management Console Administration > Notifications page, click the Settings tab.
  2. Specify all the necessary information for your SMTP server.
    1. Type the required values for the SMTP Server (hostname or IP address), Port, and Email sender address fields.
    2. Specify the username and password if the SMTP server requires authentication.
  3. Specify your SNMP information.
    1. Select Enable SNMP to receive real-time, consolidated SecureCloud alerts through your network management server.
      Note
      Note
      Deselecting the Enable SNMP check box does not delete any information you may have typed in the SNMP server and Community fields.
    2. Type the IP address of the SNMP Server.
    3. Provide the Community to which the devices and management stations running SNMP belong or are grouped.
      The SNMP Community string functions like a password for network elements. This information is needed by SecureCloud to send system monitoring information.
      An SNMP device or agent may belong to more than one SNMP community. The device or agent will only respond to requests from management stations that belong to its same community. Write = private and Read = public are the SNMP default communities.
  4. Click Save.