SNMP FrontEnd Quick Config

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XRatel SNMP Server Configuration Quick Configuration

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XRatel SNMP Server FrontEnd - Main Window

With XRatel SNMP Configuration opened, the first step is to discover all devices that should be monitored. To detect SNMP devices on your network, press the Setup Wizard button.

At the second step, select the option Local Network to find devices in your subnet range and go to the next step clicking on Next.

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Network Browsing

In the third step, XRatel SNMP Server Configuration will attempt to find all SNMP compliant devices within your subnet range. Go to next step when Scan complete will be displayed.

In the fourth step, all devices found will be listed. Select devices you wish to monitor and go to the next step.

Now, Device Browsing will scan for network interfaces in all devices selected for monitoring. Go to the next step when the scan is completed.

All network interfaces found in all devices will be listed in step 6. XRatel SNMP Serve Configuration will create Performance Tags for all listed interfaces.

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Device Browsing

Go ahead to the next step and complete the setup clicking on Finish.

Now, select the tags you want to monitor in "Enable" column box (these selected tags will be also available through OPC protocol). To monitor these tags with Tag Explorer and Health Analyst, you must also select the "History" column box (Tag Explorer and Health Analyst only monitor tags available through History Service).

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Performance Tags Activation

Click on Activate Profile button to update the server and reflect this new configuration. Then, confirm the publish clicking on Yes.

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Profile Activation

Start the server with XRatel SNMP Server Monitor and review its configuration. Probably you'll need to Reload the Server, clicking on Reload Server button. In screenshot below, it is scanning three devices and current Server Status is Normal.

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Server Main Window

If your server status indicates Scan Overlap, you need to change some device-specific configuration settings. Please refer to detailed Server configuration section for information on how to do that.

To execute the History Server go to Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Services and find XRatel SNMP Data Historian Service, and with a right click a pop up menu will open, then click into start.