Overview

Exinda SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) alerts are sent from the management interface/IP of the Exinda.

• If an admin wants to restrict only certain hosts to be able to access the SNMP warnings/alerts from the Exinda then they can do so on the Exinda if the management IP traffic passes through the bridges on the unit.

  • Users can create a network object for the Exinda's IP and another object for the hosts they want to allow SNMP to the Exinda.

  • Create a policy with source and destination as the objects above and application SNMP.

  • Create another policy under it with just the Exinda's IP in the host list and application SNMP and discard that traffic.

• If the management traffic does not pass through the Exinda, then whichever device (firewall, router etc) is responsible for controlling the management traffic, there needs to be a rule there to allow or disallow SNMP access to the Exinda.

Information

The image below shows how to create a policy to allow SNMP access to Exinda from a certain host.

The image below shows how to discard SNMP access to Exinda from all other hosts.

The image below shows the final layout of both policies.