SNMP Operation agent action
BMC PATROL for Light Weight Protocols provides agent action in the Operations Console to launch the following SNMP operation utility on demand:
SNMP GET: used to retrieve data from a remote host given its host name, authentication information and an OID.
GET NEXT: request to discover available variables and their values.
WALK: retrieve a subtree of management values using SNMP GETNEXT requests
Before you begin
Before you perform this operation, you must copy the MIB file to $PATROL_HOME\PSM\Conf\MIBS. If you do not copy the MIB file, the object name will not be displayed in the output, and instead its respective OID will be displayed.
To access SNMP Operation agent action
- In the Operations Console, navigate to the Show Monitors page, in the Tools Menu column of the Root Container Network Devices(SNMP) monitor, click the blue wrench icon.
- Click Agent Actions > Utilities >SNMP Operation.
The Agent Action Input Form for SNMP Operation dialog box is displayed. - Provide the following details to perform the SNMP operation utility for the network devices you configured:
Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Network device details | |
| Save Configuration | Enable this option to save the entire configuration details. By enabling this option, you do not need to enter the configuration details every time you execute the SNMP operation for network devices. It automatically takes the saved configuration details and will execute the operation. You can also change or edit only those configuration fields, which you want and then execute the operation. |
| Device name/IP | Enter the name or IP address of the device you want to ping. |
Port | Enter the port number of the SNMP agent. |
| Retries count | Select the number of retries for sending SNMP queries to the network device. The default value is 2. The minimum value is 1 and the maximum value is 4 . |
| Timeout (s) | Enter the timeout in seconds to wait for each reply of SNMP queries. The default value is 2 seconds. The minimum value is 1 second and the maximum value is 300 seconds. |
| Community string | Enter the community string to allow access to the network device. |
| Version | Select one of the following SNMP version, which is supported by the network device:
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V3 settings | |
Authorization user credentials | |
| If you have selected SNMP version 3, provide the following details: | |
| User Name | Enter the user name to configure the SNMP. |
| Password | Enter a password. |
| Confirm Password | Re-enter the password to confirm. |
| Authorization protocol | Select one of the following authentication protocol to authenticate the user:
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| Privacy protocol | Select one of the following privacy protocol:
The privacy allows for encryption of SNMP v3 messages to ensure confidentiality of data. These protocols provide a higher level of security than is available in SNMP v1 and v2c, which use community strings for security. |
| Privacy passoword | Enter a password to access the SNMP agent. |
| SNMP operation | Select any of the following SNMP operation you want to perform:
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| OID | Enter the object ID to poll. |
| Max repitations | Enter a number for limiting the output lines. |
| Administration | |
| Enable logging | Select this option to enable logging. The log files are created at %PATROL_HOME%\PSM\logs. By default, this option is disabled. |
| Execute | Click this button to execute. |
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