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3. Enable Monitoring
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3. Enable Monitoring

3.1. Configuring Cisco Devices to Allow SNMP Queries

Configure the Cisco device 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 Cisco devices must exist under the /Devices/Network/Cisco device class.

  1. Navigate to the device or device class under the /Devices/Network/Cisco 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 23.2. Cisco zProperties

    NameDescription

    zSnmpCommunity

    Consult with your network 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 Cisco device metrics from this device.

  5. Navigate to the Perf tab and you should see some placeholders for graphs. After approximately 15 minutes you should see the graphs start to become populated with information.

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