Grass Valley iControl V.4.43 - Manual (Page 450)

iControl and SNMP
Further Reading
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Further Reading
• Getting Started with SNMP — http://www.linux‐mag.com/id/1054/
• Monitoring Linux Hosts with SNMP — http://www.linux‐mag.com/id/1080/
• Network Device Interrogation — http://www.linux‐mag.com/id/899
Detailed Directions
Preparing an Application Server (as SNMP Agent) to use SNMPv3
If you would like to take advantage of iControl’s support of SNMPv3 and its enhanced security
features, you will have to perform some initial tasks on the Application Server, first. These tasks
require a PuTTY client application on your client PC and network access to your Application
Server.
IMPORTANT:
• iControl’s default setting is to use SNMPv1. If you would like to use SNMPv3
and your Application Server will take on the role of SNMP agent, you must
first perform user configuration tasks.
• It is not necessary to configure user profiles or user templates if your
Application Server is polling external devices in SNMPv3 mode (that is, if your
Application Server is NOT an SNMP agent).
• Miranda highly recommends deleting your default user templates after you
have finished creating your user profiles. Failure to do so could pose a security
risk since the template passwords are hard-coded.