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SNMP v1/v2c communities

SNMP v1/v2c communities

An SNMP community is a grouping of equipment for network administration purposes. You must configure your FortiPortal to belong to at least one SNMP community so that community’s SNMP managers can query the FortiPortal system information and receive SNMP traps from it.

Note

These SNMP communities do not refer to the FortiGate devices the FortiPortal system is managing.

Each community can have a different configuration for SNMP traps and can be configured to monitor different events. You can add the IP addresses of up to eight hosts to each community. Hosts can receive SNMP device traps and information.

To create a new SNMP community:
  1. Go to System Settings > Advanced > SNMP and enable the SNMP agent.
  2. In the SNMP v1/v2c section, select Create New in the toolbar.

    The New SNMP Community pane opens.

  3. Configure the following options and then select OK to create the community.

Community Name

Enter a name to identify the SNMP community. This name cannot be edited later.

Hosts

The list of hosts that can use the settings in this SNMP community to monitor the FortiPortal system.

When you create a new SNMP community, there are no host entries. Select Add to create a new entry that broadcasts the SNMP traps and information to the network connected to the specified interface.

IP Address

Enter the IP address and netmask of an SNMP manager.

By default, the IP address is 0.0.0.0 so that any SNMP manager can use this SNMP community.

Interface

Select the interface that connects to the network where this SNMP manager is located from the drop-down list. This must be done if the SNMP manager is on the Internet or behind a router.

Delete

Select the delete icon to remove this SNMP manager entry.

Add

Select to add another entry to the Hosts list. Up to eight SNMP manager entries can be added for a single community.

Queries

Enter the port number (161 by default) the FortiPortal unit uses to send v1 and v2c queries to the FortiPortal unit in this community. Enable queries for each SNMP version that the FortiPortal system uses.

Traps

Enter the Remote port number (162 by default) the FortiPortal unit uses to send v1 and v2c traps to the FortiPortal unit in this community. Enable traps for each SNMP version that the FortiPortal unit uses.

SNMP Event

Enable the events that will cause SNMP traps to be sent to the community.
  • Interface IP changed
  • Log disk space low
  • CPU Overuse
  • Memory Low
  • System Restart
  • CPU usage exclude NICE threshold
  • RAID Event (only available for devices that support RAID)
  • Power Supply Failed (only available on supported hardware devices)
  • High licensed device quota
  • High licensed log GB/day
  • Log Alert
  • Log Rate
  • Data Rate
To edit an SNMP community:
  1. Go to System Settings > Advanced > SNMP.
  2. In the SNMP v1/v2c section, select Edit in the same row as the community that you want to edit.
    The Edit SNMP Community pane opens.
  3. Edit the settings as required and then select OK to apply your changes.
To delete an SNMP community:
  1. Go to System Settings > Advanced > SNMP.
  2. In the SNMP v1/v2c section, select Delete in the row of the community that you need to delete.
  3. Select OK in the confirmation dialog box to delete the selected community or communities.

SNMP v1/v2c communities

SNMP v1/v2c communities

An SNMP community is a grouping of equipment for network administration purposes. You must configure your FortiPortal to belong to at least one SNMP community so that community’s SNMP managers can query the FortiPortal system information and receive SNMP traps from it.

Note

These SNMP communities do not refer to the FortiGate devices the FortiPortal system is managing.

Each community can have a different configuration for SNMP traps and can be configured to monitor different events. You can add the IP addresses of up to eight hosts to each community. Hosts can receive SNMP device traps and information.

To create a new SNMP community:
  1. Go to System Settings > Advanced > SNMP and enable the SNMP agent.
  2. In the SNMP v1/v2c section, select Create New in the toolbar.

    The New SNMP Community pane opens.

  3. Configure the following options and then select OK to create the community.

Community Name

Enter a name to identify the SNMP community. This name cannot be edited later.

Hosts

The list of hosts that can use the settings in this SNMP community to monitor the FortiPortal system.

When you create a new SNMP community, there are no host entries. Select Add to create a new entry that broadcasts the SNMP traps and information to the network connected to the specified interface.

IP Address

Enter the IP address and netmask of an SNMP manager.

By default, the IP address is 0.0.0.0 so that any SNMP manager can use this SNMP community.

Interface

Select the interface that connects to the network where this SNMP manager is located from the drop-down list. This must be done if the SNMP manager is on the Internet or behind a router.

Delete

Select the delete icon to remove this SNMP manager entry.

Add

Select to add another entry to the Hosts list. Up to eight SNMP manager entries can be added for a single community.

Queries

Enter the port number (161 by default) the FortiPortal unit uses to send v1 and v2c queries to the FortiPortal unit in this community. Enable queries for each SNMP version that the FortiPortal system uses.

Traps

Enter the Remote port number (162 by default) the FortiPortal unit uses to send v1 and v2c traps to the FortiPortal unit in this community. Enable traps for each SNMP version that the FortiPortal unit uses.

SNMP Event

Enable the events that will cause SNMP traps to be sent to the community.
  • Interface IP changed
  • Log disk space low
  • CPU Overuse
  • Memory Low
  • System Restart
  • CPU usage exclude NICE threshold
  • RAID Event (only available for devices that support RAID)
  • Power Supply Failed (only available on supported hardware devices)
  • High licensed device quota
  • High licensed log GB/day
  • Log Alert
  • Log Rate
  • Data Rate
To edit an SNMP community:
  1. Go to System Settings > Advanced > SNMP.
  2. In the SNMP v1/v2c section, select Edit in the same row as the community that you want to edit.
    The Edit SNMP Community pane opens.
  3. Edit the settings as required and then select OK to apply your changes.
To delete an SNMP community:
  1. Go to System Settings > Advanced > SNMP.
  2. In the SNMP v1/v2c section, select Delete in the row of the community that you need to delete.
  3. Select OK in the confirmation dialog box to delete the selected community or communities.