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Polycom CMA System SNMP

This chapter provides a discussion of the Polycom® Converged Management

Application™ (CMA®) SNMP support. It includes these topics:

SNMP Overview

Polycom CMA System SNMP Operations

Enable SNMP Messaging

Edit the SNMP Settings for a Polycom CMA System

Add an SNMP Notification Receiver

Configure Alert Thresholds

Download Polycom CMA System MIB Package

Change the SNMP Communication Port

SNMP Overview

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a TCP/IP-based communication protocol that allows network management systems to manage resources across a network.

SNMP communication takes place between the management system and SNMP agents, which are the hardware and software that the management system monitors. An agent collects and stores local system information and makes this information available to the management system via SNMP.

The CMA system software includes an SNMP agent. It translates local system information into the format defined by the MIB.

The CMA system resides on a Polycom-branded Dell server. The Dell server software also includes an SNMP agent and MIB. However, the CMA system acts as a proxy agent to forward the Dell server MIB alarms and alerts, so the management system does not need to be configured to receive information directly from the Dell server MIB.

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