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System Config
SNMP
Interface
IP/Netmask
Select the interface that you want to configure. You also specify
the IP address and netmask for this interface. When the FortiGate
unit is disconnected, all management access options are enabled
for this interface.
Specify an IP address and netmask for the interface. You can use
this IP address to connect to this interface to configure the
disconnected FortiGate unit.
SNMP
Configuring SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) allows you to monitor hardware
on your network. You can configure the hardware, or FortiGate SNMP agent, to
report system information and send traps (alarms or event messages) to SNMP
managers. An SNMP manager is a computer running an application that can read
the incoming traps from the agent and track the information. Using an SNMP
manager, you can access SNMP traps and data from any FortiGate interface or
VLAN subinterface configured for SNMP management access.
Note: Part of configuring an SNMP manager is to list it as a host in a community on the
FortiGate unit it will be monitoring. Otherwise the SNMP monitor will not receive any traps
from that FortiGate unit, or be able to query it.
The FortiGate SNMP implementation is read-only. SNMP v1 and v2c compliant
SNMP managers have read-only access to FortiGate system information and can
receive FortiGate traps. To monitor FortiGate system information and receive
FortiGate traps you must compile Fortinet proprietary MIBs as well as Fortinetsupported
standard MIBs into your SNMP manager.
RFC support includes support for most of RFC 2665 (Ethernet-like MIB) and most
of RFC 1213 (MIB II) (for more information, see “Fortinet MIBs” on page 146.
Go to System > Config > SNMP v1/v2c to configure the SNMP agent.
Figure 81: Configuring SNMP
SNMP Agent
Description
Location
Enable the FortiGate SNMP agent.
Enter descriptive information about the FortiGate unit. The
description can be up to 35 characters long.
Enter the physical location of the FortiGate unit. The system location
description can be up to 35 characters long.
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