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Cisco Wide Area Application Services Configuration Guide
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Chapter 1 Configuring SNMP Monitoring
Preparing for SNMP Monitoring
Preparing for SNMP Monitoring
Before you configure your WAAS network for SNMP monitoring, complete the following preparation
tasks:
• Set up the SNMP host (management station) that the WAAS devices will use to send SNMP traps.
• Determine if all your WAAS devices will be sending traps to the same host, or to different hosts.
Write down the IP address or hostname of each SNMP host.
• Obtain the community string used to access the SNMP agents.
• Determine if you want to create SNMP groups so you can restrict views by group.
• Determine what additional SNMP traps you need.
• Clock synchronization between the devices in a WAAS network is important. On each WAAS
device, be sure to set up a Network Time Protocol (NTP) server to keep the clocks synchronized.
Enabling SNMP Traps
To enable a WAAS device to send SNMP traps, follow these steps:
Step 1 From the WAAS Central Manager menu, choose Devices > device-name (or Device Groups >
device-group-name).
Step 2 Choose Configure > Monitoring > SNMP > General Settings. The SNMP General Settings window
appears. (See Figure 1-2.) Table 1-3 describes the fields in this window.