The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is an application layer protocol that facilitates the exchange of management information between network devices and is used by network administrators to manage network performance, find and solve network problems, and plan for network growth.
On Quadro, SNMP agent is running to allow administrators to remotely manage Quadro's network and the device's configuration. Remote administration is being performed by means of special SNMP monitoring programs (SNMP Manager), which can automatically feedback by the certainly configured actions on some events on the Quadro or remotely modify Quadro's settings.
SNMP Settings page is divided into two pages: Global SNMP Settings and SNMP Trap Settings.
Global SNMP Settings are used to enable the SNMP agent on the Quadro, to select the SNMP protocol version for communication with the administrating application and to define the community for administrating application to connect the Quadro.
Enable SNMP checkbox is used to enable SNMP agent on the Quadro.
System Location text field requires an optional information to describe the network where SNMP management is performed.
System Contact text field requires an optional information about the contact person responsible for the SNMP management in the defined network. Field may indicate the point person's name, email address, phone number or other contact information.
Enable SNMP v1 / 2c checkbox is used to enable SNMP v1/2c protocol version for the messaging between Quadro's SNMP agent and the administrating application. If this checkbox is not selected, SNMP v1 will be implied.
SNMP v1 / v2c Read-Only Community text field is used to insert the community description (public, private, etc.) for the read-only management (like gathering information (events, statistics, etc.) about Quadro's). Field may contain some kind of password which should be matching both on Quadro and on the administrating application for successful SNMP management.
Enable SNMP v1 / 2c Read-Write Access checkbox additionally enables a read-write access on the Quadro for the SNMP monitoring application. With this checkbox enabled, administrator will be able to remotely configure the Quadro via SNMP administrating program.
SNMP v1 / v2c Read-Write Community text field is used to insert the community description (public, private, etc.) for the read-write management (like gathering information (events, statistics, etc.) about Quadro's and remotely changing Quadro's configuration). Field may contain some kind of password which should be matching both on Quadro and on the administrating application for successful SNMP management.
The Service Restart button restarts the SNMP sub-system on the Quadro. Restarting the SNMP sub-system is recommended if it does not respond to a SNMP manager's requests.
SNMP Trap Settings are used to define the traphosts that should be informed when certain events occur on the Quadro. For the listed traphosts to be informed about the events on the Quadro, Send SNMP Trap action should be configured for the corresponding event(s) from the System Events page.
SNMP Trap Settings page contains a list of all configured traphosts with the referring information. Following functional links are present on the page:
Add functional button is used to add a new traphost to the table and opens the Add SNMP Traphost page where the new traphost might be defined.
Edit opens the Edit SNMP Traphost page where the traphost settings can be modified. This page has the same components as Add SNMP Traphost page does.
Delete removes the selected traphost(s) from the table.
Select all checks all existing traphosts in the table.
Inverse selection inverses the current selection (if no records are
selected, clicking on inverse selection will check all records).