Dell Storage Manager 2020 R1 Administrator's Guide

Configure SNMP Settings for a Storage Center

Configure SNMP if you want to monitor the Storage Center with a network management system.

1. If the Dell Storage Manager Client is connected to a Data Collector, select a Storage Center from the Storage view.
2. In the Summary tab, click Edit Settings.
   The Edit Storage Center Settings dialog box opens.
3. Click the SNMP Server tab.
4. From the SNMP Version drop-down menu, select the version of SNMP to configure.
5. Click Apply.
   The contents of the dialog box change depending on the version of SNMP selected.
6. If you selected SNMP v1/v2c, set the community strings that allow access to the Storage Center SNMP agent.
   1. In the Read Only Community String field, type a password for allowing network management systems to read from the Storage Center SNMP agent.
   2. In the Read Write Community String field, type a password for allowing network management systems to read from or write to the Storage Center SNMP agent.
7. If you selected SNMP v3, you can create an SNMP v3 user if one does not exist.
   To create a new user:
   1. Click Create SNMP v3 User.
      The Create SNMP v3 User dialog box opens.
   2. In the Name field, type a user name.
   3. In the Password field, type a password.
   4. Select an authentication method from the Authentication Type drop-down menu.
   5. Select an encryption type from the Encryption Type drop-down menu.
   6. Click OK.
   7. Select the user from the SNMP v3 Settings table.
8. Specify settings for the network management system to which Storage Center will send SNMP traps.
   1. Click Create Trap Destination.
      The Create SNMP Trap Destination dialog box opens.
   2. In the Trap Destination field, type the host name or IP address of the network management system that is collecting trap information
   3. From the Type drop-down menu, select the type of the SNMP trap request or SNMP inform request to use.
   4. In the Port field, type the port number of the network management system.
   5. If SNMPv1 Trap, SNMPv2 Trap, or SNMPv2 Inform is selected from the Type drop-down menu, type a password in the Community String field.
   6. If SNMPv3 Trap or SNMPv3 Inform is selected from the Type drop-down menu, select a user from the SNMP v3 User drop-down menu.
   7. Click OK.
9. If the SNMP Running status is No, click Start SNMP.
10. Click OK.