Fortinet FortiGate-800 manual 175, System Name, System Location

System configuration Configuring SNMP

To configure SNMP community settings

1Go to System > Config > SNMP v1/v2c.

2Select the Enable SNMP check box.

3Configure the following SNMP settings:

System Name	Automatically set to the FortiGate host name. To change the System
	Name, see “Changing the FortiGate host name” on page 94.
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.

Trap Community The trap community string functions like a password that is sent with SNMP traps.

The default trap community string is “public”. Change the trap community string to the one accepted by your trap receivers.

The trap 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.

Trap Receiver IP Type the IP addresses of up to three trap receivers on your network that

Addresses are configured to receive traps from your FortiGate unit. Traps are only sent to the configured addresses.

4Select Apply.

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