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Configuring SNMP settings for Tiebreaker software

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To use SNMP with the Tiebreaker software, you must configure the SNMP settings.

About this task

  • Tiebreaker 1.6 only supports SNMPv3.

  • Although Tiebreaker 1.5 and 1.4 support SNMPv1 and SNMPv3, NetApp strongly recommends that you configure SNMPv3 for optimum security.

Steps

  1. Use the Tiebreaker CLI snmp config wizard command to add MetroCluster configurations.

    Note Only one SNMP trap host is currently supported.

    The snmp config wizard command response depends on the version of Tiebreaker you are running.

    Tiebreaker 1.6

    The following example shows the configuration of an SNMP receiver that supports SNMPv3 with an IP address of 192.0.2.255 and port number 162 for trap messages. The Tiebreaker software is ready to send traps to the SNMP receiver that you specified.

    Note Tiebreaker 1.6 only supports SNMPv3 
    NetApp MetroCluster Tiebreaker :> snmp config wizard
Enter SNMP Host: 192.0.2.255
Enter SNMP Port: 162
Enter SNMP V3 Security Name: v3sec
Enter SNMP V3 Authentication password:
    Tiebreaker 1.5 and 1.4

    The following example shows the configuration of an SNMP receiver that supports SNMPv3 with an IP address of 192.0.2.255 and port number 162 for trap messages. The Tiebreaker software is ready to send traps to the SNMP receiver that you specified.

    NetApp MetroCluster Tiebreaker :> snmp config wizard
Enter SNMP Version[V1/V3]: v3
Enter SNMP Host: 192.0.2.255
Enter SNMP Port: 162
Enter SNMP V3 Security Name: v3sec
Enter SNMP V3 Authentication password:
Enter SNMP V3 Privacy password:
Engine ID : 8000031504932eff571825192a6f1193b265e24593
Successfully added SNMP properties to NetApp MetroCluster Tiebreaker software.
    Note You should configure SNMPv3 because SNMPv1 is not secure. Verify that the default community string is NOT set to public.

  2. Verify that the SNMP settings are configured:

    snmp config test

    The following example shows that the Tiebreaker software can send an SNMP trap for the event TEST_SNMP_CONFIG:

    NetApp MetroCluster Tiebreaker :> snmp config test
Sending SNMP trap to localhost. Version : V3.
Successfully sent SNMP trap for event TEST_SNMP_CONFIG
NetApp MetroCluster Tiebreaker :>