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3. Enable Monitoring
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3. Enable Monitoring

3.1. Configuring Brocade Devices to Allow SNMP Queries

Configure the Brocade devices to allow SNMP queries from the Zenoss server, and send SNMP v1 or SNMP v2 traps to the Zenoss server.

3.2. Configuring Zenoss

All Brocade devices must exist under the /Devices/Storage/Brocade device class.

  1. Navigate to the device or device class under the /Devices/Storage/Brocade device class in the Zenoss web interface.

  2. If applying changes to a device, click the page menu, then select More → zProperties.

    If applying changes to a device class, click the zProperties tab.

  3. Edit the appropriate zProperties for the device or devices.

    Table 21.2. Brocade zProperties

    NameDescription

    zSnmpCommunity

    Consult with your storage administrators to determine the SNMP community permitted

    zSnmpMonitorIgnore

    This should be set to False

    zSnmpPort

    The default port is 161

    zSnmpVer

    This should be set to v2c


  4. Click Save to save your changes. You will now be able to start collecting the Brocade switch metrics from this device.

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