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Configure SNMP v3 Targets
Congure SNMP v3 targets to allow the SNMP agent to send SNMP v3 traps.
You can congure a maximum of three SNMP v3 targets, in addition to a maximum of three SNMP v1 or
v2c targets.
To congure a target, you must specify a host name or IP address of the system that will receive the traps, a
user name, a security level, and whether to send traps. The security level can be either none, for no security,
auth, for authentication only, or priv, for authentication and privacy.
Procedure
1 Access the appliance shell and log in as a user who has the administrator or super administrator role.
The default user with super administrator role is root.
2 Run the snmp.set --v3targets command to set up the SNMP v3 target.
For example, run the following command:
snmp.set --v3targets hostname@port/userid/secLevel/trap
The parameters in the command are as follows.
Parameter Description
hostname Replace with the host name or IP address of the management system that will receive the traps.
port Replace with the port on the management system that will receive the traps. If you do not specify a
port, the default port, 161, is used.
userid Replace with the user name.
secLevel
Replace with either none, auth, or priv to indicate the level of authentication and privacy you have
congured. Use auth if you have congured authentication only, priv if you have congured both
authentication and privacy, and none if you have congured neither.
3 (Optional) If the SNMP agent is not enabled, enable it by running the snmp.enable command.
4 (Optional) To send a test trap to verify that the agent is congured correctly, run the snmp.test
command.
The agent sends a warmStart trap to the congured target.
Configure the SNMP Agent to Filter Notifications
You can congure the vCenter Server Appliance SNMP agent to lter out notications if you do not want
your SNMP management software to receive those notications.
Procedure
1 Access the appliance shell and log in as a user who has the administrator or super administrator role.
The default user with super administrator role is root.
2 Run the snmp.set --notraps command to lter traps.
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To lter specic traps, run the following command:
snmp.set --notraps oid_list
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