Cisco Cisco FirePOWER Appliance 8250
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FireSIGHT System User Guide
Chapter 15 Configuring External Alerting
Working with Alert Responses
To change the server, or if you have not yet configured a relay host, click the edit icon (
) to display
the System Policy page in a pop-up window, then follow the directions in
. You must apply the system policy after you edit it for your
changes to take effect.
Step 7
Click
Save
.
The alert response is saved and is automatically enabled.
Creating an SNMP Alert Response
License:
Any
You can create SNMP alert responses using SNMPv1, SNMPv2, or SNMPv3.
Note
If you want to monitor 64-bit values with SNMP, you must use SNMPv2 or SNMPv3. SNMPv1 does not
support 64-bit monitoring.
support 64-bit monitoring.
If your network management system requires the Defense Center’s management information base (MIB)
file, you can obtain it at
file, you can obtain it at
/etc/sf/
DC
EALERT.MIB
.
To create an SNMP alert response:
Access:
Admin
Step 1
Select
Policies > Actions > Alerts
.
The Alerts page appears.
Step 2
From the
Create Alert
drop-down menu, select
Create SNMP Alert
.
The Create SNMP Alert Configuration pop-up window appears.
Step 3
In the
Name
field, type the name that you want to use to identify the SNMP response.
Step 4
In the
Trap Server
field, type the hostname or IP address of the SNMP trap server, using alphanumeric
characters.
Note that the system does not warn you if you enter an invalid IPv4 address (such as 192.169.1.456) in
this field. Instead, the invalid address is treated as a hostname.
this field. Instead, the invalid address is treated as a hostname.
Step 5
From the
Version
drop-down list, select the SNMP version you want to use.
SNMP v3 is the default. If you select SNMP v1 or SNMP v2, different options appear.
Step 6
Which version of SNMP did you select?
•
For SNMP v1 or SNMP v2, type the SNMP community name, using alphanumeric characters or the
special characters
special characters
*
or
$,
in the
Community String
field and skip to step
.
•
For SNMP v3, type the name of the user that you want to authenticate with the SNMP server in the
User Name
field and continue with the next step.
Step 7
From the
Authentication Protocol
drop-down list, select the protocol you want to use for authentication.
Step 8
In the
Authentication Password
field, type the password required for authentication with the SNMP server.
Step 9
From the
Privacy Protocol
list, select
None
to use no privacy protocol or
DES
to use Data Encryption
Standard as the privacy protocol.