SNMP AGENT

IMPORTANT
To keep up to date with the recommendations in RFC2578, and to resolve a compatibility issue with some monitoring applications, all SNMP tables in which the first index was set to 0 have been duplicated to new tables in which the first index is set to 1.
Older SNMP tables (index beginning with 0) will still be used by default, but are tagged as obsolete and will be phased out in a future SNS version.

To activate the new SNMP tables (index beginning with 1) on the firewall, you must:

  1. Connect to the firewall in SSH/Console mode as a super-administrator (admin account),
  2. Edit the section [Config] in the ConfigFiles/snmp configuration file and set the configuration token IndexStartAt1 to "1",
  3. Run the SNMP agent using the command ensnmp.

 

The screen for configuring the SNMP service consists of three tabs:

  • General: tab that is displayed by default when users click on the SNMP menu in the directory on the left and which allows enabling the module and alarm and system notifications which will be integrated into the available(lookup and sending of traps).
  • SNMPv3: Recommended version as it is equipped with more secure tools (security tools such as authentication, encryption, timing control, etc.).
  • SNMPv1 – SNMPv2c: Version for which the SNMP request contains a name called “Community”, which is used as an ID and transmitted over the network in plaintext.