Administrator Guide

Managing SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is one way to monitor the health of the system and generate alert messages
(SNMP traps) for system problems. To use SNMP, the
FluidFS cluster-specic Management Information Bases (MIBs) and traps
must be compiled into a customer-provided SNMP management station. The MIBs are databases of information that is specic to
the
FluidFS cluster.
FluidFS supports SNMP v3 (read requests) and v2, but does not support using both versions at the same time. SNMP v3 requires
user authentication.
Obtain SNMP MIBs and Traps
The SNMP MIBs and traps for the FluidFS cluster are available for download from the FluidFS cluster FTP server.
Prerequisite
The FTP server must be enabled.
Steps
1. In the Storage view, select a FluidFS cluster.
2. Click the File System tab.
3. In the File System view, select Cluster Maintenance.
4. Click the SNMP tab, and click the Download MIB File link.
5. Use the browser dialog box to begin the download process.
6. Click .
Optionally, you can also download the SNMP MIBs and traps from:
ftp://fluidfs_administrator_user_name@client_vip_or_name:44421/mibs/
Change the SNMP Version
1. In the Storage view, select a FluidFS cluster.
2. Click the File System tab.
3. In the File System view, select Cluster Maintenance.
4. Click the SNMP tab.
5. In the SNMP MIB Access panel, click Edit Settings. The Modify SNMP MIB Access dialog box opens.
6. In the Read Version eld, type the version you want to change SNMP to.
7. In the Trap Version eld, type the version you want to change SNMP to.
8. Click OK.
Change the SNMP Read-Only Community
Change the read-only community for devices reading SNMP variables from the FluidFS cluster. By default, the read-only community
is FluidFS.
1. In the Storage view, select a FluidFS cluster.
2. Click the File System tab.
3. In the File System view, select Cluster Maintenance.
4. Click the SNMP tab.
5. In the SNMP MIB Access panel, click Edit Settings. The Modify SNMP MIB Access dialog box opens.
6. In the Read Only Community eld, type a read-only community name.
7. Click OK.
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