Configuring Snmp - Cisco 4215 - Intrusion Detection Sys Sensor Configuration Manual

Configuring SNMP

Configuring SNMP
Configure general SNMP parameters in the service notification submode.
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To configure SNMP general parameters, follow these steps:
Step 1 Log in to the CLI using an account with administrator privileges.
Enter notification submode:
Step 2
sensor# configure terminal
sensor(config)# service notification
Enable SNMP so that the SNMP management workstation can issue requests to the sensor SNMP agent:
Step 3
sensor(config-not)# enable-set-get true
Step 4 Configure the SNMP agent parameters:
These values configure the community name on the sensor SNMP agent. A community name is a
plain-text password mechanism that is used to weakly authenticate SNMP queries.
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default—Sets the value back to the system default setting.
enable-set-get [true | false]—Enables the gets and sets of object identifiers (OIDs).
no—Remove an entry or selection setting.
read-only-community—The read-only community name for the SNMP agent.
The default is public.
read-write-community—The read-write community name for the SNMP agent.
The default is private.
snmp-agent-port—The port the SNMP agent will listen on.
The default SNMP port number is 161.
snmp-agent-protocol—The protocol the SNMP agent will communicate with.
The default protocol is UDP.
system-contact—The contact information for this sensor.
The system-contact option modifies the SNMPv2-MIB::sysContact.0 value.
system-location—The location of the sensor.
The system-location option modifies the SNMPv2-MIB::sysLocation.0 value.
Assign the read-only community string:
sensor(config-not)# read-only-community PUBLIC1
The read-only community name specifies the password for queries to the SNMP agent.
Assign the read-write community string:
sensor(config-not)# read-write-community PRIVATE1
The read-write community name specifies the password for sets to the SNMP agent.
Chapter 11 Configuring SNMP
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