Fortinet 580 FortiWeb 5.0 Patch 6 Administration Guide
See also
•Configuring log destinations
•Viewing log messages
•Downloading log messages
•Enabling log types, packet payload retention, & resource shortage alerts
•Configuring email settings
•Configuring Syslog settings
•Configuring FortiAnalyzer policies
•Configuring log destinations
•Obscuring sensitive data in the logs
SNMP traps & queries
System > Config > SNMP enables you to configure the FortiWeb appliance’s simple network
management protocol (SNMP) agent to allow queries for system information and to send traps
(alarms or event messages) to the computer that you designate as its SNMP manager. In this
way you can use an SNMP manager to monitor the FortiWeb appliance.
Before you can use SNMP, you must activate the FortiWeb appliance’s SNMP agent and add it
as a member of at least one community. You must also enable SNMP access on the network
interface through which the SNMP manager connects. (See “Configuring the network
interfaces” on page 113.)
On the SNMP manager, you must also verify that the SNMP manager is a member of the
community to which the FortiWeb appliance belongs, and compile the necessary
Fortinet-proprietary management information blocks (MIBs) and Fortinet-supported standard
MIBs. For information on MIBs, see “MIB support” on page 586.
To configure the SNMP agent
1. Add the MIBs to your SNMP manager so that you will be able to receive traps and perform
queries. For instructions, see the documentation for your SNMP manager.
2. Go to System > Config > SNMP.
To access this part of the web UI, your administrator's account access profile must have
Read and Write permission to items in the System Configuration category. For details, see
“Permissions” on page 47.
Failure to configure the SNMP manager as a host in a community to which the FortiWeb
appliance belongs, or to supply it with required MIBs, will make the SNMP monitor unable to
query or receive traps from the FortiWeb appliance.