Specifications

Extreme Networks Wireless Management Suite Reference Guide 153
SNMP Profiles
Before you can discover devices, you must define search criteria for the sites you want to discover
devices for. WMS uses SNMP to discover devices. WMS supports both SNMP v2C and v3 when
discovering devices. You can create SNMP profiles with different community strings.
1 Select Network Discovery from the Administration menu.
2 Select the SNMP Profile tab.
3 Refer to the following to determine if existing SNMP profiles can be used in the discovery process:
CAUTION
If the SNMP V3 timeout and retries intervals are increased (above their default values), it will take longer to stop the
discovery process. If the SNMP v3 discovery process fails, WMS will attempt the discovery using SNMP v2.
Once you have carefully reviewed the following, consider any one of the following SNMP profile
management activities:
● Adding a SNMP Profile on page 153
● Editing a SNMP Trap Forward Notification Template on page 164
● Deleting a SNMP Trap Forward Notification Template on page 165
Adding a SNMP Profile
Add a new SNMP Profile to define a set of parameters used by WMS to connect to a device using
SNMP. WMS uses SNMP (versions v2 and V3) for device discovery and management.
Profile Name
Displays the user-friendly name assigned to profile when created.
Version
Displays the SNMP version the profile supports (either v2 or v3).
Port
Displays the SNMP Port used as a
User Datagram Protocol (UDP) port for SNMP
communications.
Discovery Time
Out (Seconds)
Lists the interval that (when exceeded) terminates a polling session between WMS
and infrastructure devices. The valid range is between 5 to 600 seconds.
Discovery Retries
Defines the number of times a SNMP profile attempts reconnection in case of a
timeout. The valid range is 1 to 10 retries.
Read Community
Lists the read-only community name. The default value is Public.