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Dathan_88557
Feb 17, 2012Nimbostratus
Configuring F5 BIG IP LTM for SNMP
Hi All,
I need help in configuring the F5 BIG IP LTM 1600 Version 9.4.7 for SNMP access. The SNMP Manage is a NMS and need to access the F5. Wht is the minimum configuration needed from F5 to make this work? What IP address does the NMS need to point to? Management or Interface IP? What will be steps in configuring the F5?
Does it 1. Configure SNMP Agent (With NMS IP as client Access)
2. Configure Agent Access (With NMS IP and NMS community String? Then what will be an OID? I dont have any idea about this)
3. Configure SNMP traps with dest as NMS and the SNMP community string?
Please advice as i am not knowledgeable about SNMP configuration...
Thanks and Regards
- nitassEmployeeWhat IP address does the NMS need to point to? Management or Interface IP?both will work. anyway, if you use selfip, please make sure port lockdown allows NMS service port.
- Dathan_88557NimbostratusHi nitass,
- JRahmAdminspecify .1 as the oid and you'll be fine.
- nitassEmployeethanks Jason!
root@ve1023(Active)(tmos) list sys snmp communities sys snmp { communities none } root@ve1023(Active)(tmos) modify sys snmp communities add { test1 { community-name public1 } } root@ve1023(Active)(tmos) list sys snmp communities sys snmp { communities { test1 { community-name public1 } } }
- HamishCirrocumulusThe oid is the base of the oid tree that the community string/host will have access to. I have a sneaking suspicion some versions insist on you specifying the oid accessible, and some will assume if you dont specify an explicit oid that you mean .1 (i.e evything)
- Dathan_88557NimbostratusThanks Jason, nitass and Hamish..
- HamishCirrocumulusSomething doesnt sound right there... Although its been a while since i ran v9 the snmp hasnt changed a lot
- Dathan_88557NimbostratusHi Hamish,
- Dathan_88557NimbostratusHi....
- Joint_CommissioNimbostratusWe have LTM 9.4.8 and use Solarwinds Orion for monitoring. We downloaded F5 LTM MIBs into Orion and added the LTM as a managed node with the default community string. Then on LTM we added the IP address of Orion under the 'ALlow Clients List" (System -> SNMP-> AGent -> Configuration). Our snmpd.conf file is similar to yours. See attached. I've removed identifable information but the settings are clear.
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