Configuring the SNMP MIB

For the end-user experience components, BMC Real End User Experience Monitoring provides an SNMP MIB that enables the SNMP manager to get (read-only) management data from the end-user experience component.

Consult the following instructions for information about how to set the parameters that enable access to the managed device information in the MIB. You can enable access for both SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c, and for SNMPv3.

Before you begin

Before you set the v3 security level, you must provide an SNMP engine ID for the local agent.

To perform this procedure, you must have Operator-level access, or higher.

To configure access to an SNMPv1 or SNMPv2c MIB on an Analyzer, Collector, or Monitor

  1. In the Analyzer, Collector, or Monitor interface, point to Administration > Integration, and click Network management (SNMP).
  2. On the Action menu for the MIB section, select Edit.
  3. In the Community string box, type the string.
  4. Click Save.
  5. Ensure that the MIB switch for V1/V2 is ON. 

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To configure access to an SNMPv3 MIB on an Analyzer, Collector, or Monitor

  1. In the Analyzer, Collector, or Monitor interface, point to Administration > Integration, click Network management (SNMP).
  2. On the Action menu for the MIB section, select Edit.

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  3. In the Security level list, select one of the following options:
    • For an unauthenticated communication with no privacy, click No Authentication or Privacy (noAuthNoPriv), and in the User name box, enter the user name for the account that is accessing the MIB.
    • For an authenticated communication with no privacy, click Enable Authentication and no Privacy (authNoPriv), and perform the following steps:

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      1. In the User name box, enter the user name for the account that is accessing the MIB.
      2. In the Authentication protocol field, click either MD5 or SHA to select the hashing algorithm used to encrypt the password.
      3. In the Authentication password box, type the corresponding password, which must be alphanumeric and contain at least eight characters.
    • For an authenticated and private connection, click Enable Authentication and Privacy (authPriv), and perform the following steps:

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      1. In the User name box, enter the user name for the account that is accessing the MIB.
      2. In the Authentication protocol field, click either MD5 or SHA to select the hashing algorithm used to encrypt the password.
      3. In the Authentication password box, type the authentication password. The password must contain at least eight alphanumeric characters.

      4. In the Privacy password box, type the password to decrypt the request. The password must contain at least eight alphanumeric characters.
         

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  4. Click Save.

  5. Ensure that the MIB switch for V3 is ON.

     

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To configure access to an SNMP MIB on the APM Console or PAE

Use the snmpconfig-command to configure SNMP for the BMC Application Management Console or for a Performance Analysis Engine (PAE) component instance.

Related topics

Downloading-the-system-MIB

Generating-the-Watchpoint-OID

Additional resource

Wikipedia contributors. "Managed information base (MIB)." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.

 

 

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