Collect and organize managed IP device information using the SNMP protocol

You can connect your Splunk Edge Hub OS to IP devices and collect and organize information about these devices on a network using the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) protocol. You can use the SNMP protocol to make a connection to devices that support this protocol.

Here's how to configure your Splunk Edge Hub OS to use the SNMP protocol to connect to IP devices:

Prerequisites

Before connecting your Splunk Edge Hub OS to an IP device, register your Splunk Edge Hub device and launch the Edge Hub Advanced Settings page.

1. Register your Splunk Edge Hub device. See Register or unregister your Splunk Edge Hub.
2. Complete the steps at Access the Edge Hub Advanced Settings page.

Steps

Connect your Splunk Edge Hub OS to an IP device using SNMP protocol:

1. In the Edge Hub Advanced Settings page, navigate to the SNMP tab.
2. Select Create.
3. Enter the IP address of the SNMP device.
4. Set the appropriate SNMP version, credentials and port. The default port is 161.
5. Provide a MIB file. You can choose to upload your own or use one of the ones provided by Splunk.
6. Select the the object identifiers to choose which metrics you want to gather from the SNMP device.
7. Select Save.

Splunk Edge Hub OS pulls data from the device you have connected. You can search for the SNMP data in the Search and Reporting app using the following Search Processing Language (SPL) search:

index=edge-hub-snmp hub_name=<Edge Hub name> sourcetype=edge_hub

Download your SNMP configuration and upload it to another Splunk Edge Hub device

After completing a SNMP configuration for external sensors, you can download a configuration file to use it with other Splunk Edge Hub devices.Update the configuration file to replace values that are applicable to other Splunk Edge Hub devices, such as IP address, port, or SNMP version.

Downloading and uploading a SNMP configuration file means you don't have to repeat the configuration steps again for multiple Splunk Edge Hub devices.

Here's how to download a SNMP configuration file:

1. In the Splunk Edge Hub advanced settings page, navigate to the SNMP tab.
2. Under Configuration, select Download to the file to a local folder.
3. Open the downloaded configuration file and make any necessary changes to the values so that it suits your other Splunk Edge Hub device.

Here's how to upload a SNMP configuration file to another Splunk Edge Hub device:

1. In the Splunk Edge Hub advanced settings page, navigate to the SNMP tab.
2. Under Configuration, upload the configuration file that you previously downloaded and modified.
3. Select Upload.
4. Select Yes to confirm the action.