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Web Gateway 7.1.5 Product Guide - McAfee

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Event monitoring with SNMP<br />

Monitoring<br />

Event monitoring with SNMP 8<br />

Events on the <strong>McAfee</strong> <strong>Web</strong> <strong>Gateway</strong> appliance can be monitored under SNMP (Simple Network<br />

Management Protocol). This section tells you what you need to configure on the appliance for this<br />

monitoring option.<br />

The monitoring is done by an SNMP client that communicates with an SNMP agent, which is provided on<br />

the appliance. When SNMP monitoring is configured, you can view system information on the appliance<br />

and have messages sent about particular system events or incidents, for example, when CPU usage<br />

exceeds a particular value.<br />

Messages sent under the SNMP protocol are known as traps. The host systems that messages are sent<br />

to are known as trap sinks.<br />

Configure SNMP monitoring<br />

To configure SNMP monitoring:<br />

1 Go to Configuration | Appliances.<br />

2 On the appliances tree, navigate to the appliance you want to monitor events on and select SNMP.<br />

3 Configure the SNMP settings as needed.<br />

• SNMP port settings — Settings for the ports on the appliance that listen to requests from the<br />

SNMP client<br />

• SNMP system information — Information on the appliance that is the monitored system<br />

• SNMP protocol options — Options for the communication between the appliance and the client<br />

• SNMP trap sinks — Information on the host systems that traps are sent to<br />

4 Click Save Changes.<br />

For more information, see SNMP system settings.<br />

SNMP system settings<br />

The SNMP system settings can be configured to allow event monitoring under SNMP.<br />

Note: These settings are configured on the Appliances tab of the Configuration top-level menu.<br />

SNMP Port Settings<br />

Settings for the port listening to requests from the SNMP client<br />

Enable UDP — When selected, allows UDP to be used to communicate with the SNMP client<br />

UDP port — Port listening to requests under UDP<br />

Enable TCP — When selected, allows TCP to be used to communicate with the SNMP client<br />

TCP port — Port listening to requests under TCP<br />

SNMP System Information<br />

Settings for the appliance that is the monitored system<br />

Description — Helps identify the system<br />

Object ID — ID of the object in the Management Information Base (MIB) where information on the<br />

monitored system begins<br />

Contact person — Mame of the person administering the SNMP functions of the system<br />

Physical location — Location of the system<br />

<strong>McAfee</strong> <strong>Web</strong> <strong>Gateway</strong> <strong>7.1.5</strong> <strong>Product</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> 303

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