28 Avocent PM PDU Installer/User Guide
4. Click Add and configure the rule as needed, then click Save.
To edit a rule:
1. Select Network - Fire
wall.
2. Select either IPv4 Filter T
able or IPv6 Filter Table as needed.
3. From the chain list, click the name of the chain with the rule yo
u want to edit.
4. Select the rule you want to edit and click Edit.
5.
Modify the rule as needed and click Save.
SNMP Configuration
An administrator can configure SNMP, which is needed if notifications are to be sent to an SNMP
management application.
To configure SNMP:
1. Click Network - SNMP.
2.
Click the System button
.
a. Enter the SysContact information (email address of t
he PM PDU’s administrator, for
example,
pmpdu_admin@avocent.com).
b. Enter the SysLocation information (physical location of the PM PDU,
for example,
Avocent_pmpdu), then click Save to go back to the SNMP screen.
3. Click Add t
o add a new community or v3 user.
4. Enter the community name for SNMP v1/v2 or the user name for SNMP v3 in the Name field
and enter the OID.
5. Select the desired permission from the pull-down menu. Choices are Read a
nd Write or Read
Only.
6. If the required SNMP version is v1 or v2, click the Vers
ion v1, v2 button, then enter the source
(valid entry is the subnet address).
-or-
If the required SNMP version is v1 or v2
using an IPv6 network, click the Version v1,v2 for
IPv6 network button, then enter the source (valid entry is the subnet address).
-or-
If the required SNMP version is v3, click the Version v3 button, th
en select the Authentication
Type (MD5 or SHA), enter the authentication passphrase or password, enter the privacy
passphrase for DES and select the Minimum Authentication Level (NoAuthNoPriv,
AuthNoPriv, AuthPriv).
7. Click Save.