Setting up SNMP alerts
You can configure the appliance to generate and send Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) traps to your SNMP server to monitor the hardware.
The appliance uses the SNMPv2 and SNMPv3 application protocol.
To configure the SNMP settings:
- Cluster dashboardUse any one of the following options to log in using the user account that you created:
Use a user account with both Appliance Administrator and NetBackup Administrator role, or a user account with only an Appliance administrator role to log in to the NetBackup Flex Scale web interface
https://ManagementServerIPorFQDN/webuiwhere ManagementServerIPorFQDN is the public IP address, the FQDN, or the short host name that you specified for the NetBackup Flex Scale management server and API gateway during the cluster configuration, and then in the left pane click Cluster Management > Cluster settings > AutoSupport.Use a user account with an Appliance Administrator role to log in to the NetBackup Flex Scale infrastructure management console
https://ManagementServerIPorFQDN:14161where ManagementServerIPorFQDN is the public IP address, the FQDN, or the short host name that you specified for the NetBackup Flex Scale management server and API gateway during the cluster configuration, and then in the left pane click Settings > AutoSupport.Note:
If you access the NetBackup Flex Scale infrastructure management console by using the short host name from a node, set the DNS settings (name server, domain name, and search domain) or ensure that the entry for mapping the short host name to an IP address exists in the hosts file of the node.
- On the AutoSupport page, click SNMP settings and specify the following details:
Select Enable SNMP to enable the SNMP alerts.
Specify the SNMP version.NetBackup Flex Scale supports SNMP-v2 and SNMP-v3 prototcols.
If you select SNMP-v2, specify the following details:
Parameter
Description
SNMP server
Host name or the IP address of the SNMP server. The IP address can be an IPv4 or an IPv6 address.
Alert notifications that are generated by the appliance are sent to this server.
SNMP port
Port number of the SNMP server. The default port is 161.
Note:
Your firewall must allow access from the appliance to the SNMP server through the configured port.
Community
Community to which the alerts are sent. The default value is public.
If you select SNMP-v3 specify the following details:
Parameter
Description
SNMP server
Host name or the IP address of the SNMP server. The IP address can be an IPv4 or an IPv6 address.
Alert notifications that are generated by the appliance are sent to this server.
SNMP port
Port number of the SNMP server. The default port is 162.
Note:
Your firewall must allow access from the appliance to the SNMP server through the configured port.
SNMP username
SNMP user name
Authentication protocol
Specify the authentication protocol. It provides authentication based on the HMAC-SHA algorithms. Choose one of the following options:
None
SHA256
SHA512
This is a mandatory field.
SNMP password
Enter the password.
Encryption protocol
Specify the encryption protocol. If provides DES 56-bit encryption in addition to authentication based on the AES standard.
None
AES128
AES192
AES256
AES512
This is a mandatory field.
Encryption passphrase
Enter the passphrase that you want to use for encryption.
- Click Save.
A notification is displayed. To view the status and progress of each of the tasks, click View details.
The MIB file is located in the
/opt/autosupport/VERITAS-APPLIANCE-MONITORING.miblocation on a NetBackup Flex Scale node. After configuring SNMP successfully, copy the MIB file from the/opt/autosupport/VERITAS-APPLIANCE-MONITORING.miblocation to your SNMP manager to receive SNMP traps. SNMP traps can only be send out to the configured destination, inbound SNMP queries and walks are not possible as there is no SNMP service on the NetBackup Flex Scale nodes.