Enable SNMP monitoring

The SNMP agent on the appliance enables remote monitoring of the appliance.

The internal SNMP agent uses the standard UDP port 161 and cannot be configured using TRAP and INFORM methods. If you have a primary SNMP agent configured on a different device, it can send GET, GETNEXT, and GETBULK requests to the appliance and have the appliance return the requested information.

1.	On the left navigation pane, click Settings > Control Panel to display the Control Panel, then click Security to display the Security Settings page.

2.	Click Enable SNMP Monitoring to display the SNMP Community String field.

3.	Enter a unique community string, for example newString.

If the community name contains spaces, enclose it in quotation marks (" "). Quest KACE recommends creating a unique string. The default is KaceSDA.

NOTE: In versions prior to 7.0, the community string is set to public by default. If you upgrade from a pre-7.0 version, and SNMP monitoring is disabled, the community string changes from public to KaceSDA. If SNMP monitoring is enabled, the community string stays set to public, you should update it to prevent security issues. Warnings appear on the Dashboard and on the Security Settings page, alerting you to update the community string.

4.	Click Save.