Network Device Settings

    What you are going to learn:

  • What are the different device settings

To access the device settings (or edit page), go to the network device detail page and then click the Menu Icon at the top right then Edit.

The device settings use the same layout as the Device Creation wizard, with one tab per section: Device Identity, Collector Agent, Device & SNMP Setup and Insights. Click Save to save the changes made in all the tabs.

Device Identity
Device Identity

 

  • Name: A name to identify the network device.

  • Device Physical Location: String to detail the Location of this network device.

  • Primary Contact for this Device: String to detail who is in charge of this network device. It could be an email, name or phone number.

Collector Agent
Collector Agent

 

  • Hostname / IP: Hostname or IP Address of the network device.

  • Select Collector Agent: Which agent will take charge of the SNMP polling. We recommend to select the agent closest to the device.

  • Collector Frequency: The interval between two SNMP polling.

Click Recheck Connection to test if the Collector Agent can reach the device (ICMP).

Device & SNMP Setup
Device & SNMP Setup

 

  • Select your device category: Network device category, Firewall / Router, Switch or Wifi AP. If the device is not exactly one of the three, use Firewall / Router.

  • Select your device vendor / OS: Cisco IOS, Cisco Meraki, Juniper Junos, Fortinet or Other. The vendor is used to display the SNMP configuration instructions for the device. If your vendor is not in the list, select Other.

  • SNMP Version: SNMP Version to use when communicating with the device (v1, v2c or v3). Learn more on SNMP Configuration.

  • SNMP Community: SNMP Community to use when communicating with the device (v1 and v2c). Use only letters (lowercase or uppercase) and numbers, with a minimum of 8 characters: special characters can cause encoding issues. See the SNMP Credentials Recommendations below.

The tab also displays the SNMP configuration instructions for the selected vendor. Click Recheck Connection to run the SNMP Configuration Verification again (ICMP, SNMP port and SNMP credentials). Learn more on the verification tests in Troubleshooting.

SNMP v3 Parameters
SNMP v3 Parameters

 

These parameters are displayed in the Device & SNMP Setup tab when the SNMP Version is v3.

  • SNMP Security Level: authPriv (default), authNoPriv, noAuthNoPriv

  • SNMP Security Name: Often referred to as the username. Use only letters (lowercase or uppercase) and numbers, with a minimum of 8 characters.

  • SNMP Auth Protocol: SHA (better) or MD5. When SHA is selected, SHA-1 as defined in RFC3414 is used (not SHA-256 or SHA-512).

  • SNMP Auth Password: Auth Password. Use only letters (lowercase or uppercase) and numbers, with a minimum of 8 characters.

  • SNMP Privacy Protocol: AES (better) or DES. When AES is selected, AES-CFB-128 as defined in RFC3826 is used.

  • SNMP Privacy Password: Privacy or Encryption Password. Use only letters (lowercase or uppercase) and numbers, with a minimum of 8 characters.

  • SNMP Context Name: Context Name

  • SNMP Context ID: Context ID

SNMP Credentials Recommendations
SNMP Credentials Recommendations

 

These recommendations apply to the SNMP Community (v1 and v2c) and to the SNMP v3 Security Name and passwords:

  • Use only lowercase letters, uppercase letters and numbers. Special characters can cause encoding issues.

  • Use a minimum of 8 characters.

Advanced Parameters
Advanced Parameters

 

The advanced parameters are in the Advanced Parameters section of the Device & SNMP Setup tab.

  • SNMP Port: default 161

  • SNMP Protocol: UDP (default), TCP, UDP IPv6, TCP IPv6

  • Force 32 bits interface counters: Force to use 32-bits counters over 64-bits counters. Learn more at Supported Devices.

  • Device Unreachable Severity: Default is Error. Severity level of the device offline notifications.

  • Interface SNMP indexes to ignore: Learn more at Network Device Interfaces.

  • Interface SNMP types to collect: Learn more at Network Device Interfaces.

Insights
Insights

 

  • Internet port used by this device: The device interface connected to the Internet.

  • Maximum download speed: Maximum download speed of the Internet connection, in Mbps.

  • Maximum upload speed: Maximum upload speed of the Internet connection, in Mbps.

This information is used by Obkio Insights to detect when the Internet connection is saturated.



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