System Settings FortiManager 5.2

Configure the following settings:
Community Name Type a name to identify the SNMP community. If you are editing an existing community, you will be unable to change the name.
Hosts The list of hosts that can use the settings in this SNMP community to monitor the FortiManager system. Select Add to create a new entry that you can edit.
IP Address Type the IP address of an SNMP manager. By default, the IP address is 0.0.0.0 so that any SNMP manager can use this SNMP community.
Interface Select the name of the interface that connects to the network where this SNMP manager is located from the drop-down list. You need to do this if the SNMP manager is on the Internet or behind a router.
Delete Select the delete icon to remove this SNMP manager entry.
Add Select to add a new default entry to the Hosts list that you can edit as needed. You can have up to eight SNMP manager entries for a single community.
Queries Type the port number that the FortiManager system uses to send SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c queries to the FortiManager in this community. Enable queries for each SNMP version that the FortiManager system uses.
Default port: 161
Traps Type the Remote port number that the FortiManager system uses to send SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c traps to the FortiManager in this community. Enable traps for each SNMP version that the FortiManager system uses.
Default port: 162
SNMP Event Enable the events that will cause the FortiManager unit to send SNMP traps to the community. FortiManager SNMP events:
l Interface IP changed Log disk space low CPU Overusage Memory Low
l System Restart CPU usage exclude NICE threshold HA Failover RAID Event This SNMP event is available for devices which support RAID.
FortiAnalyzer feature set SNMP events: High licensed device quota High licensed log GB/day Log Alert Log Rate Data Rate
Configuring a SNMPv3 user
The FortiManager SNMPv3 implementation includes support for queries, traps, authentication, and privacy. Select
Create New in the SNMPv3 toolbar to open the New SNMP User page, where you can configure a new SNMP user.
FortiManager SNMPv3 user


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