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SNMP monitoring (polling)
CLI Guide | Forcepoint Appliances | v8.5.x
Forcepoint Appliances provide alerting options that include standard SNMP counters and system-level traps.
There are two methods of SNMP alerting:
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Allow your SNMP manager to poll the appliance for standard SNMP counters.
*
Configure the appliance to send SNMP traps for selected events to your SNMP manager.
Enable SNMP monitoring before enabling and configuring the trap service.
show snmp config
Display SNMP monitor server information.
show snmp config
Command modes
All products. Not supported in Azure.
Related commands
 
Command
Description
set snmp service
Enable or disable SNMP monitoring (polling)
set snmp v1
Configure SNMP v1 monitoring.
set snmp v2c
Configure SNMP v2c monitoring.
set snmp v3
Configure SNMP v3 monitoring.
set snmp service
Enable or disable SNMP monitoring (polling).
set snmp service --status <enabled|disabled>
 
Parameter
Description
status
Status of SNMP monitoring; enabled or disabled.
Command modes
All products. Not supported in Azure.
Usage guidelines
SNMP monitor service and SNMP trap settings are independent, but SNMP monitor service must be enabled before you activate the SNMP trap configuration.
Examples
(config)# set snmp service --status enabled
Related commands
 
Command
Description
set trap service
Enable or disable SNMP traps.
show snmp config
Display SNMP monitor service information.
set snmp v1
Configure SNMP v1 monitoring.
set snmp v2c
Configure SNMP v2c monitoring.
set snmp v1
Configure SNMP v1 monitoring.
set snmp v1 --community <name>
 
Parameter
Description
community
Community name for the appliance. The name must be 5–64 characters long with no spaces, using alphanumeric characters and $ ( ) . _ @ = * < > - : , % [ ] | /
Command modes
All products. Not supported in Azure.
Examples
(config)# set snmp v1 --community testname
Related commands
 
Command
Description
show snmp config
Display SNMP monitor server information.
set snmp service
Enable or disable SNMP monitoring (polling).
set trap service
Enable or disable SNMP traps.
set snmp v3
Configure SNMP v3 monitoring.
set snmp v2c
Configure SNMP v2c monitoring.
set snmp v2c --community <name>
 
Parameter
Description
community
Community name for the appliance. The name must be 5–64 characters long with no spaces, using alphanumeric characters and $ ( ) . _ @ = * < > - : , % [ ] | /
Command modes
All products. Not supported in Azure.
Examples
(config)# set snmp v2c --community playground
Related commands
 
Command
Description
show snmp config
Display SNMP monitor server information.
set snmp service
Enable or disable SNMP monitoring (polling).
set snmp v1
Configure SNMP v1 monitoring.
set trap service
Enable or disable SNMP traps.
set snmp v3
Configure SNMP v3 monitoring.
set snmp v3 --securitylevel <noAuthNoPriv|authNoPriv|authPriv> --user <username> --authentication <md5|sha> --encrypt <des|aes>
Parameter
Description
securitylevel
Security level for SNMP v3 monitoring. Three levels are available:
*
No authentication or encryption
*
Authentication only
*
Authentication and encryption
See Examples below for sample commands.
user
(Used only with security levels authNoPriv and authPriv)
Account name to use for SNMP communication. The username must be 1–15 characters long with no spaces. Only alphanumeric characters can be used.
authentication
(Used only with security levels authNoPriv and authPriv)
SNMP authentication protocol; MD5 or SHA.
When you enter the authentication protocol, you are prompted for a password. The password must be 8–64 characters long with no spaces. All other ASCII characters can be used.
encrypt
(Only used with security level authPriv)
Encryption mode; DES or AES.
When you enter the encryption mode, you are prompted for an encryption key. The key must be 8–64 characters long with no spaces. All other ASCII characters can be used.
Command modes
All products. Not supported in Azure.
Examples
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Configure SNMP v3 monitoring with no authentication or encryption:
(config)# set snmp v3 --securitylevel noAuthNoPriv --user jdoe
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Configure SNMP v3 monitoring with authentication only:
(config)# set snmp v3 --securitylevel authNoPriv --user test --authentication md5
Password: ********
Confirm password: ********
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Configure SNMP v3 monitoring with authentication and encryption:
(config)# set snamp v3 --securitylevel authPriv --authentication sha --encrypt des --user test
Password: ********
Confirm password: ********
Encrypt key: ********
Confirm encrypt key: ********
Related commands
 
Command
Description
show snmp config
Display SNMP monitor server information.
set snmp service
Enable or disable SNMP monitoring (polling).
set snmp v1
Configure SNMP v1 monitoring.
set trap service
Enable or disable SNMP traps.

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