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Setup snmpd on AirWave for read based SNMP monitoring 

Nov 09, 2014 01:54 PM

NOTE: This article refers to older versions of Airwave. In the current product, it is no longer supported to enable snmpd.

 

Introduction :

 

It can be useful to monitor AirWave using SNMP if you want to use an external monitoring solution instead of the built in server resource triggers available. Note that the triggers also support sending SNMP traps to an external NMS. This article will explain how to setup snmpd on AirWave to allow for SNMP read based monitoring.

 

Environment : AirWave with snmpd for performing SNMP reads.

 

Configuration Steps :

 

 

1. Modify the /etc/yum.conf file and remove the exclusion for net-snmp* located at the end of the file.

Before:

exclude=net-snmp* kernel*

After:

exclude=kernel*

2. Install the net-snmp, net-snmp-utils, and net-snmp-libs packages.

yum install net-snmp net-snmp-utils net-snmp-libs -y

3. Specify that snmpd should start automatically and start the service.

chkconfig snmpd on
service snmpd start

 

 

Answer :

 

Modify the /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf file as necessary to accomplish your goals. Additional information on how to use snmpd can be found online.

 

Verification :

 

 

Verify the SNMP reads work both locally and remotely.

[root@localhost mercury]# snmpwalk -v 1 localhost -c public sysName
SNMPv2-MIB::sysName.0 = STRING: localhost.localdomain

laptop$ snmpwalk -v 1 -c public 10.0.6.10 sysName
SNMPv2-MIB::sysName.0 = STRING: localhost.localdomain

 

 

Troubleshooting :

 

Issues with getting polling to work are likely to be caused by firewall rules on AirWave or other network devices.

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