Users Guide

SNMP Conguration Options
Table 22. SNMP Conguration Options
Field Description
Enable SNMP discovery Enables or disables the SNMP protocol for discovery range
(subnet).
Enable SNMP V1/V2c
Get community Species the community name for SNMP get calls from the
OpenManage Essentials user interface. The Get Community is a
read-only password that SNMP agents installed on managed
devices use for authentication. The Get Community allows
OpenManage Essentials to browse and retrieve SNMP data.
This eld is case-sensitive. OpenManage Essentials uses the
rst successful community name to communicate with the
device. You can enter multiple SNMP community strings
separated with commas. For more information, see Conguring
SNMP Services on Windows.
Set community Species the community name for SNMP set calls from the
OpenManage Essentials UI. The Set community is a read-write
password that SNMP agents installed on managed devices use
for authentication. The Set community allows OpenManage
Essentials to perform tasks that require the SNMP protocol,
such as shutting down a system.
This eld is case-sensitive. You can enter multiple SNMP
community strings separated with commas. OpenManage
Essentials uses the rst successful community name to
communicate with the device.
NOTE: In addition to the Set community name, an
instrumentation password is required to perform an
SNMP task on a device.
Enable SNMP V3
Authentication Protocol Species the authentication protocol for the discovery of the
devices. The supported authentication protocols are MD5 and
SHA1. The device must be congured using the same
authentication protocol for the discovery to be successful. If the
authentication protocol is selected to be none, then the
encryption option is also disabled.
User Name Species the username congured on the device.
Authentication Password Species the authentication password.
Encryption Protocol Species the encryption protocol for the discovery of the
devices and is optional. The supported encryption protocols are
AES and DES. The device must be congured using the same
encryption protocol for the discovery to be successful.
Encryption Password Species the authentication password.
Generic Settings
Timeout (seconds) Species the maximum number of seconds the discovery engine
waits after issuing a get or set call before it considers the call
failed. A valid range is 1–15 seconds. The default is 4 seconds.
Retries (attempts) Species the maximum number of additional times the discovery
engine reissues a get or set call after the rst call times out. The
discovery engine reissues the call until it is successful, or all retry
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