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SNMP configuration workflow

Configuring SNMP involves enabling SNMP, optionally configuring an SNMPv1 or SNMPv2c community, optionally adding an SNMPv3 user, adding SNMP traphosts, and testing SNMP polling and traps.


This illustration is a flowchart of the SNMP configuration workflow. The steps in the workflow match the topics in this guide.

  • Verifying that SNMP is enabled
    You can use command line interface (CLI) to verify whether SNMP is enabled on the cluster.
  • Adding an SNMP community
    You can use the command line interface (CLI) to add a community to the administrative storage virtual machine (SVM) for a cluster that is running SNMPv1 or SNMPv2c.
  • Adding an SNMPv3 security user
    SNMPv3 offers advanced security by using passphrases and encryption. You can use the command line interface (CLI) to add an SNMPv3 user at the cluster level. The SNMPv3 user can run SNMP utilities from the traphost (SNMP manager) using the authentication and privacy settings that you specify.
  • Adding an SNMP traphost
    You can use the command line interface (CLI) to add a traphost (SNMP manager) to receive SNMP notifications (SNMP trap protocol data units) when traps are generated in the cluster.
  • Testing SNMP traps
    Because communication with a traphost is not automatically validated when you add it, you should verify that the SNMP traphost can correctly receive traps. You should use CLI commands to send a test trap to a traphost, and then use your SNMP management software to verify that the trap was received.
  • Testing SNMP polling
    After you configure SNMP, you should verify that you can poll the cluster.