Administrator Guide

1. Navigate to Configuration > Network > Devices.
2. From the Network Devices screen, select the appropriate device for configuration.
The Edit Device Details dialog appears.
3. Select the SNMP Read Settings tab.
Figure 424: Specifying SNMP v2 with Community Strings
a. If not already enabled, enable the Allow SNMP Read check box.
b. From the SNMP Read Setting drop-down, select SNMPv2 with community strings.
c. Enter the Community String value.
d. Enable the Force Read check box to ensure that all W-ClearPass nodes in the cluster read SNMP
information from this device regardless of trap configuration on the device.
This option is especially useful when demonstrating static IP-based device profiling because the Force
Read option does not require any trap configuration on the network device.
e. Enable the Read ARP Table Info check box if this is a Layer-3 device, and you want to use the ARP table
on this device as a way to discover endpoints in the network.
Static IP endpoints discovered this way are further probed via SNMP to profile the device.
4. Click Save.
Configuring the Device Info Poll Interval
Network devices configured with SNMP Read enabled are polled periodically for updates based on the time
interval configured in the Device Info Poll Interval (the default is 60 minutes).
To set this poll interval, navigate to Administration > Server Configuration > Service Parameters >
W-ClearPass network services > Device Info Poll Interval.
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