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Configuring the FortiGate unit for SNMP monitoring System configuration
Configuring SNMP
Configure the FortiGate SNMP agent to report system information and send traps to
SNMP managers. The FortiGate SNMP agent supports SNMP v1 and v2c. RFC
support includes RFC 1213 and RFC 2665. The FortiGate SNMP implementation is
read-only. SNMP v1 and v2c compliant SNMP manager have read-only access to
FortiGate system information and can received FortiGate traps. To monitor FortiGate
system information and receive FortiGate traps you must compile the Fortinet
proprietary MIBs and the standard MIBs into the SNMP manager.
This section describes:
•Configuring the FortiGate unit for SNMP monitoring
•Configuring FortiGate SNMP support
•FortiGate MIBs
•FortiGate traps

Configuring the FortiGate unit for SNMP monitoring

Before a remote SNMP manager can connect to the FortiGate agent, you must
configure one or more FortiGate interfaces to accept SNMP connections. For
information about how to do this, see “Controlling management access to an
interface” on page 111 and related interface configuration sections.

Configuring FortiGate SNMP support

1Go to System > Config > SNMP v1/v2c.
2Select Enable SNMP.
3Configure SNMP settings:
System Name Automatically set to the FortiGate host name. To change the System
Name, see “Changing the FortiGate host name” on page 70.
System Location Describe the physical location of the FortiGate unit. The system location
description can be up to 31 characters long and can contain spaces,
numbers (0-9), uppercase and lowercase letters (A-Z, a-z), and the
special characters - and _. The \ < > [ ] ` $ % & characters are not
allowed.
Contact Information Add the contact information for the person responsible for this FortiGate
unit. The contact information can be up to 31 characters long and can
contain spaces, numbers (0-9), uppercase and lowercase letters (A-Z,
a-z), and the special characters - and _. The \ < > [ ] ` $ % & characters
are not allowed.
Get Community Also called read community, get community is a password to identify
SNMP get requests sent to the FortiGate unit. When an SNMP manager
sends a get request to the FortiGate unit, it must include the correct get
community string.
The default get community string is “public”. Change the default get
community string to keep intruders from using get requests to retrieve
information about your network configuration. The get community string
must be used in your SNMP manager to enable it to access FortiGate
SNMP information.
The get community string can be up to 31 characters long and can
contain numbers (0-9), uppercase and lowercase letters (A-Z, a-z), and
the special characters - and _. Spaces and the \ < > [ ] ` $ % &
characters are not allowed.