SNMP Settings

Polycom DMA System SNMP Support

 

 

Add Notification Agent Dialog Box

The Add Notification Agent dialog box lets you add an SNMP agent to the system, specifying what kinds of notifications it sends and to whom. To limit the effect on system performance, a maximum of 8 agents may be defined.

The following table describes the fields in the dialog box.

Table 15-5Add Notification Agent dialog box

Setting

Description

 

 

Enable agent

Enables the notification agent defined below.

 

Clearing this check box lets you stop using this agent

 

without deleting it.

 

 

Transport

The transport protocol for SNMP communications to the

 

host receiver (TCP or UDP). See “SNMP Overview” on

 

page 431.

 

 

Address

The IP address of the host receiver (the SNMP

 

manager to whom this agent sends notifications).

 

 

Port

Specify the port that the DMA system will use to send

 

notifications. By default, the DMA system uses port 162.

 

 

Notification type

The type of notification that this agent sends to the

 

notification receiver:

 

Inform — The agent sends an unsolicited message

 

to a notification receiver and expects/requires the

 

receiver to respond with a confirmation message.

 

Introduced with SNMP version 2c, this option is not

 

supported by network management systems that

 

only support SNMP version 1.

 

Trap—The agent sends an unsolicited message to

 

a notification receiver and does not expect/require a

 

confirmation message.

 

 

SNMP version

The version of SNMP supported (v2c or v3). See

 

“SNMP Versions Supported” on page 432.

 

 

Security user

For SNMPv3, the security user to receive notifications

 

from this agent. The list contains the names of the

 

security users in the Notification Users list.

 

 

See also:

“SNMP Settings” on page 433

“Add Notification User Dialog Box” on page 436 “Edit Notification User Dialog Box” on page 438 “SNMP Procedures” on page 441

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