NPM – Configuring SNMP Protocol on Network Devices

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Enable SNMP & Traps on ESXi

Reading Time: < 1 minute SSH or Telnet to your ESXi node using root-level credentials, then enter the following commands to enable and configure SNMP. For ESXi 5.5 : esxcli system snmp set –communities YOUR_STRING esxcli system snmp set –enable true esxcli network firewall ruleset set –ruleset-id snmp –allowed-all true esxcli network firewall ruleset set –ruleset-id snmp –enabled true /etc/init.d/snmpd restart For ESXi 6.x : esxcli system snmp set -r esxcli system snmp set -c YOUR_STRING esxcli system snmp set -p 161 esxcli system snmp set -L […]

Enable SNMP on Avaya/Nortel

Reading Time: 2 minutes To configure SNMP for the Nortel, access the SNMP menu by using the following command. /cfg/sys/adm/snmp 1 – Specifies the SNMP versions allowed: /cfg/sys/adm/snmp followed by: v2c 2 – Configure the community string: /cfg/sys/adm/snmp/community followed by: read public Specifies the monitor community string (public in our example) that grants read access. If you do not […]

Enable SNMP on Windows

Reading Time: 4 minutes Use RDP to connect to your Windows, then do the following steps to enable and configure SNMP. Step 1 – You can install the SNMP service via the Control Panel. Go to Control Panel > Programs and Features > Turn Windows features on or off. In the list of Windows features, select Simple Network Management Protocol […]

Enable SNMP & Traps on FortiSwitch

Reading Time: 2 minutes Connect to your FortiGate, then enter the following commands in CLI to enable and configure SNMP on all FortiSwitchs at the same time. Step 1 – Set up a local-access security policy with the following commands to allow SNMP access on the internal interfaces. config switch-controller security-policy local-access edit default set internal-allowaccess ping snmp end […]

Enable SNMP & Traps on Force 10

Reading Time: < 1 minute Use Telnet or SSH to connect to your switch, then enter the following commands to enable and configure SNMP. configure snmp-server location Brossard snmp-server contact support@domain.com snmp-server community 1qaz2wsx ro snmp-server host x.x.x.x 1qaz2wsx traps v2 snmp-server host x.x.x.x traps version 2c 1qaz2wsx udp-port 162 exit write memory The above commands will set it to […]