SNMP can provide the following event information about your system:
• Alert conditions located on the system alert screen
• Details of jitter, latency, and packet loss
• Low battery power in the remote control
• System power on
• Successful or unsuccessful administrator login
• Call fail for a reason other than a busy line
• User help request
• Video or audio call connection or disconnection
Note: Poly doesn’t support SNMP write operations for configuring or provisioning systems.
SNMPv3 does the following:
• Provides secure connections between the SNMP manager and agent
• Supports IPv4 networks
• Logs all configuration change events
• Supports a user-based security model
• Supports trap destination addresses
Configure SNMP
You can monitor your system remotely with SNMP.
Task
1 In the system web interface, go to Servers > SNMP.
2 Configure the following settings:
Setting
Description
Enable SNMP Enables administrators to monitor the system remotely using
SNMP.
Enable Notifications Enables MIB notifications.
Version1
Enables your system to use the SNMPv1 protocol.
Due to security issues, Poly recommends that you don’t enable
this setting.
Version2c
Enables your system to use the SNMPv2c protocol.
Due to security issues, Poly recommends that you don’t enable
this setting.
Version3 Enables your system to use the SNMPv3 protocol.
Enabled by default, you can’t configure other SNMPv3 settings
unless this is on.
Read-Only Community
Specifies the SNMP community string for your system. For
security reasons, don’t use the default community string
(public).
note: Poly doesn’t support SNMP write operations for
configuring or provisioning systems. The community string is for
read operations and outgoing SNMP traps.
Contact Name Specifies the name of the person responsible for remotely
managing the system.
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