SNMP Community

Monitor > SNMP Community

The SNMP Community page sets the Read Community password for selected machine IDs. This enables machine IDs to collect data during a LAN Watch from SNMP devices using the same read community name.

An SNMP community is a grouping of devices and management stations running SNMP. SNMP information is broadcast to all members of the same communiity on a network. SNMP default communities are:

• Write = private
• Read = public

This is the first step in collecting SNMP monitor data, the next step is to schedule a LAN Watch to discover SNMP devices within an IP address range.

Note: If there are multiple read community names, different machine IDs must be used, one for each community name.

Set Community

Click Set Community to apply the value the user has set in the Read Community Name field to selected machine IDs.

Remove

Click Remove to remove the Read Community Name from selected machine IDs.

Read Community Name

Enter the value of the SNMP Community read password.

Confirm

Enter the SNMP Community read password again for confirmation.

Select All/Unselect All

Click the Select All link to check all rows on the page. Click the Unselect All link to uncheck all rows on the page.

Check-in status

These icons indicate the agent check-in status of each managed machine:

Agent has checked in

Agent has not recently checked in

Agent has never checked in

Online but waiting for first audit to complete

The agent is online but remote control is disabled

Machine ID.Group ID

The list of Machine ID.Group IDs displayed is based on the Machine ID / Group ID filter and the machine groups the administrator is authorized to see using System > Group Access.

Machine Group ID

The name and group of the machine that can be selected

Community Set

Displays one of the following:

• If checked, the machine ID has a read community value applied.
• If an Update Agent link displays, the machine ID's agent needs to be updated before a LAN Watch can be performed.
• If blank, the machine ID does not have read community value applied.

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