Configuring snmp agent properties – Dell PowerVault 715N (Rackmount NAS Appliance) User Manual

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Select this option if you want a trap message sent when authentication fails.

10. Select Accepted community names, and click Add.

11. Select Community Rights, and select a permission level for this host to process SNMP requests from the selected

community.

12. To view a description of a dialog box item, right-click the item, and then click What's This?

13. In Community Name, type a case-sensitive community name, and then click Add.

14. In SNMP Service Properties, specify whether to accept SNMP packets from a host:

To accept SNMP requests from any host on the network, regardless of identity, click Accept SNMP packets

from any host.

To limit acceptance of SNMP packets, click Accept SNMP packets from these hosts, click Add, type the

appropriate host name, IP and/or IPX address, and then click Add again.

NOTE:

You can make changes to an entry by clicking the entry and then clicking Edit. You can delete a selected

entry by clicking Remove.

NOTE:

If you remove all the community names, including the default name Public, SNMP does not respond to any

community names presented. You can add additional community and host names as necessary.

NOTE:

If you change existing SNMP settings, your changes take effect immediately. You do not need to restart the

SNMP service for your settings to take effect. If you are configuring SNMP for the first time, you must restart SNMP

before the settings take effect.

Configuring SNMP Agent Properties

1. Log in to the NAS Manager.

See "

Logging in to the NAS Manager

" in "NAS Manager."

2. Click Maintenance.

3. Click Terminal Services.

4. Log in to the Terminal Services session.

5. Click Advanced Administration Menu.

6. In the Advanced Administration Menu, select System Management, and click Computer Management.

7. Click Services and Applications.

8. Click Services.

9. In the details pane, right-click SNMP Service.

10. From the Action menu, click Properties.

11. Select the Agent tab, select Contact, and type the name of the user or system administrator.

12. Select Location, and then type the physical location of the system or the contact.

13. In the Service panel, select the appropriate check boxes for this system, and then click OK.

14. To view a description of a dialog box item, right-click the item, and then click What's This?

NOTE:

If you change existing SNMP settings, your changes take effect immediately. You do not need to restart the

SNMP service for your settings to take effect. If you are configuring SNMP for the first time, you must restart SNMP

before the settings take effect.

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