Toshiba Magnia SG30 - Manual (Page 206)

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information available using the Magnia SG30 health
monitoring system can be viewed using SNMP. Alerts sent
from the Magnia SG30 for health conditions can be sent as
SNMP traps. Generating traps is optional and is not required
to query configuration information.
When SNMP is enabled, port 161 (or a user-defined port) will
automatically be opened in the server appliance’s firewall.
When SNMP is disabled after being enabled, the port will
automatically be closed.
Security Warning
If the server appliance is connected to an external network or
the Internet, turning on the SNMP service can expose your
machine to internal and external threats if not configured
correctly. By default, SNMP is set to “off” and the
community string is not set. Enabling SNMP is not
recommended unless you are familiar with securing an
SNMP enabled machine and/or network, some examples are:
❖ The community string should consist of a long string of
alphanumeric characters.
❖ If SNMP traffic is to be sent outside a secure corporate
environment, make sure it is tunneled in a VPN such as
IPSec.
❖ Blocking Ports 161 and 162 on the corporate external
Internet firewall.