R12.1-JA-2025June05

Configuring SNMP Read-Only Community String

  1. Click the SNMP String tab.
  2. Click Add to open the SNMP Setting dialog box.
  3. Select the version of SNMP and enter the required credentials, and click OK.

Repeat steps 2 and step 3 to add more entries.

Example: If your system has two SNMP proxy servers, and you want to configure one community string for these two servers:

  1. Configure 3 SNMP items in NetworkBrain.
  2. Modify the proxysetting.ini file in the Front Server.

Configure 3NMP Items in NetworkBrain

  1. Navigate to the SNMP String tab in Network Setting.
  2. Click Add to open the SNMP Setting dialog box.
  3. Enter the Alias.
  4. Select SNMP v1 and v2c
  5. Enter the community string: We use pu as the community here.
    1. For the first item, enter pu.
    2. For the 2nd and 3rd items(repeat step1-4), the community string will be: $community SnmpProxy:$snmpProxyAddress
    3. For the second item: pu SnmpProxy:10.10.1.3:162
    4. For the third item: pu SnmpProxy:10.10.1.2:161

Modify the proxysetting.ini file in the Front Server

  1. Log in to the front server as an admin.
  2. Go to the Conf folder under the installation directory in the Front Server
  3. Modify the proxysetting.ini file as follows:
    Information

    Tip: If the proxysetting.ini file doesn’t exist:

    1. You can copy the fix_proxysetting.ini file
    2. Rename the new copy file as proxysetting.ini
    3. Only keep the info below.

Code
[SnmpProxy]

enable=1

communityFormat=$community---$deviceIP

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