Owner's Manual

224 Resources
Select an existing, listed interface and click the Edit button in the lowest panel to alter it. Click
Apply to accept your edits, or Cancel to abandon them. The following are the fields on the
Management Interface Editor(s):
-
IP Address —The IP address of the Management Interface.
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Protocol Type —The Management Interface type; select from the following alternatives: FTP
HTTP
, HTTPS, ICMP, IPMI, LDP, PORT9100, SNMP (v1,2,3), SSH, SSHv2, Simple Telnet,
TL1, Telnet, WMI, WBEM, XNM-Clear-Text, XMN-SSL
. The listed alternatives may vary
depending on what you have installed.
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Port —The Management Interface port.
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Retries —Enter a number of retries for the interface.
-
Timeout —Enter the seconds before timeout occurs.
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Engine / Target ID —Engine ID is for SNMP v3. Target ID is for other interfaces.
NOTE:
For the application to correctly receive SNMP v3 traps, you must configure the authentication for a
device in the Resource Editor Authentication (Management Interfaces) screen. See Authentication on
page 225.
Disabled —Check to disable the interface.
NOTE:
Which editor fields that appear may depend on the type of interface you are editing.
SNMP v3
To configure your software for SNMP v3 traps, you must do the following:
• Confirm the deviceNetManager has an SNMP v3 management interface. If none exists, you
must also create one. (See Management Interfaces on page 223). Configure the SNMP v3
management interface with the correct Engine ID from the device. This Engine ID is only
required for receiving traps from the device.
• You must also configure authentication by selecting that screen in the Resources Editor. If no
SNMPv3 authentication exists, you must create one.
Informs
For the application to correctly receive and acknowledge SNMP v3 traps, you must configure the
authentication for a device in the Resource Editor Management Interfaces screen.
To properly configure this software to receive informs:
1 Discover the device using SNMP v3.
2 Edit the device’s SNMP v3 management interface, setting the SNMP v3 Engine ID/Target
ID: