Quick Start Guide to Using SNMP

Quick Start: Dashboard Quick Start: SNMP Enable SNMP on Vista Enable SNMP on XP

For detailed, step-by-step instructions for setting up SNMP on your personal machine, use the Help button in the pt360 Tool Suite and use the contents section to navigate to the proper instructions for your operating system.Help Button

Help Contents
Figure 1: pt360 Tool Suite Help Contents
You may also view these files directly here:

Vista Enabling SNMP on Windows Vista
XP Enabling SNMP on Windows XP

Most enterprise class devices and servers will support SNMP. You may need to find out what the 'community string' is for devices which support SNMP V1/2c or you may need the full username and password for devices which support SNMP V3

Tip
TIP: SNMP community strings are case sensitive! The 'default' community string for many devices is 'public'.

To use SNMP based Gadgets on your Dashboard, you might want to discover which devices are running SNMP on your network. Step 1 below describes that process for SNMP V1/2c devices. You can skip that step if you already know which SNMP enabled devices you want to monitor.


Step 1

Run SNMP Scan Discover the Available SNMP Devices.

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Figure 2: SNMP Scan Tool and Settings Dialog
Click the SNMP Scan button at the top of the pt360 Tool Suite.
SNMP Scan

Click the Settings Link next to the title of the tool (highlighted in Figure 2).

Select the SNMP V1/2c credential that matches your needs and click [OK] .

When you first run the pt360 Tool Suite, a default 'public' credential is created for your convenience.

Enter a target range of IP addresses you want to scan.

Click [Run] to scan for SNMP devices.


Step 2

Create a Device Group that Includes all Responding SNMP Devices

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Figure 3: Creating a Device Group
When your scan completes, click on the device at the top of the list and hold the [SHIFT] key and click the last device in the list.

With all of the responding devices highlighted, right click and choose [Add to Device Group] and [Add to New Device Group].

Name and (optionally) describe the device group and click the [OK] button.











Step 3

Add an SNMP Gadget to your Dashboard

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Figure 4: Setting up a Top 10 Average CPU Usage Gadget on your Dashboard
Go back to your dashboard.

Click the [All Gadgets] Button to add a new Gadget to your Dashboard.

Select [Top 10 Average CPU Usage (%)].

Click the configuration link on the gadget.

Select the 'public' credential (or any credential that you created) and click [Next >].

In the Target box of the second page of the Configuration Wizard, type in the name of the Device Group from step 2 (note, that the control will 'find' the name of the group as you begin typing). Click [Next >].

Confirm the Warning and Critical Thresholds and click [Finish].

Step 1

Run Gadget Run!

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Figure 5: The Top 10 Average CPU Usage Gadget in Action
Once you are done configuring your gadget, you will see it run after you click the [Finish] button on the last step of the Gadget Configuration Wizard (it may take a few seconds to display the top 10 CPU users from the devices you are watching).

Repeat the process described in step 3 for as many of the gadgets as you want to add to each Dashboard tab (add more tabs if you run out of room!).

Be sure to try out the graphical Gauges and Charts while you setup your dashboard.








Quick Start: Dashboard Quick Start: SNMP Enable SNMP on Vista Enable SNMP on XP