Create a Policy
After you complete the global SNMPv3 settings, apply them to policies.
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After you complete the global SNMPv3 settings, apply them to
Server Automation
policies.Follow these steps:
- Navigate toResources,Configuration.
- On the Policy page, expandPolicy,Policies,SystemEDGEin the navigation pane.
- On the SystemEDGE page, click
to create a policy. - On the New SystemEDGE Policy dialog, specify the required data to create a policy, then clickOK.
- Open the policy that you want to apply to one or more managed systems and click Traps & Communities.The Communities page opens with the table of SNMP settings and the following options:
- Include only Server Communities
- Include Server Communities and all Default Communities
- Custom Selection
The configuration includes only default (global) SNMP settings that have a port that matches the agent port - SelectCustom Selection.This option lets you select global SNMPv3 objects only and clear server-specific SNMP settings.
- Select at least one SNMPv3 settings object with the appropriate port specified for each target system, then clickSave Policy.The selected SNMPv3 objects are associated with the policy.
- Click theTrap Destinationstab.The Trap Destinations page opens. You can configure SNMPv3 Trap Destinations.
- From the Trap Type field on the Trap Destinations page, select one of the following options:
- SNMPv3 Trap Info
- SNMPv3 Notification Info (also referred to as INFORM requests and confirmed traps)
- DestinationDefines the host to which to send the trap, either a host name or an IP address.
- PortDefines the port number on the destination host to which to send the trap.
- UsernameDefines the SNMPv3 user with which to send the trap.
- EncodingSpecifies the type of encoding to use when sending traps. This encoding is similar to configuring the trap encoding in SNMPv1.Default:000See also the .
- Context(Required) An asterisk (*) is the only supported value for this field.
- Timeout(Notifications only) Defines how long (in seconds) to wait for a confirmation of notification delivery before timing out.
- Retries(Notifications only) Defines the number of times to retry sending a notification after a timeout.
- Complete the fields, then clickAdd.The application updates the Trap Destinations table with the new entry.Repeat Step 10 to add more entries to the table.
- Select a Trap Destination, then clickSave Policy.The application saves the policy with the appropriate trap destination.