Snmp Community strings

[Ayman Altounji]

Is it possible to have multiple community strings setup in Insight Manager.
Thanks, Bing

[Ayman Altounji]

I don't think you'll have much luck with that. There really are only the default community string used for newly discovered devices (from Setup | Global Settings), and then each server can have its own community string override (right click on a server, select Device Setup).

However, although I haven't tried it, you may be able to do this:

imagine a server with multiple NICs connected to the same network. You could add that server into the device list several times, once for each IP address (using differing server names). Then each instance could have its own unique community string override.

Should work, in theory...

[Gert Luyten]

Ron, you already gave BING59 the answer with the override SNMP settings when you go into the device setup. F.i. this is typically used when server admins don't want you messing arround on their servers, just enough to READ information, so they only give you the ReadOnly SNMP string.
So: yes, it's possible to have multiple SNMP strings in CIM, but only 1 for each device (with 1 NIC).

[Ayman Altounji]

Ah yes, of course. Multiply existing community strings not necessarily on the same server. Sure, that's possible. Much shorter answer.

That's what I get when I make simplistic assumptions :)

Cheers,
Ray

[Ayman Altounji]

Thanks for the help,
If I understand this I can set different snmp strings on each device in the Manager, these string should match those set when loading SNMP on the server?

Bing59