Description

This article explains the basic configuration required for Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) v2 to work on EX Series switches. 

Solution

To set up SNMP v2 configuration on EX Series devices, use the following:

#set snmp name <JUNIPER-SNMP>
#set snmp description <“Juniper SNMP”>
#set snmp location <Datacentre>
#set snmp view all oid .1
#set snmp community <community-name> view all
#set snmp community <community-name> authorization ready-write
#set snmp community <community-name> clients 10.3.x.x/32

Traps Configuration

#set snmp trap-group <group-name> version v2
#set snmp trap-group <group-name> targets <server-ip>

The following commands are optional and can be configured as per the customer's requirement and as part of extended SNMP v2 configuration:

#set snmp trap-options source-address <Source IP address>
#set snmp trap-options agent-address outgoing-interface
#set snmp trap-group <SNMPGROUP> destination-port 162
#set snmp trap-group <SNMPGROUP> categories authentication
#set snmp trap-group <SNMPGROUP> categories chassis
#set snmp trap-group <SNMPGROUP> categories configuration

Modification History

  • 2026-08-07: Updated article with keywords as part of SEO optimization

  • 2024-05-14: Article validated

  • 2024-05-02 : Article Created

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