====SNMP====
[[userguide:servermanagement|Server Management]] > [[userguide:servermanagement:networkservices|Network Services]] > SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a network management protocol used almost exclusively in TCP/IP networks. SNMP provides a means to monitor and control network devices, and to manage configurations, statistics collection, performance and security on a network.

If the SNMP agent is enabled, you can use SNMP software to remotely monitor server information such as CPU utilization and network traffic.  You can specify the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) communities that can have read-only and read-and-write access to this SNMP agent.  The default read-only access community is “public.”  The default read-and-write access community is “private.”   **Note:** We recommend that you change the default string for the
Read and Write SNMP Community to a unique value. 

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==Enable Server==
Turn the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) server on or off. SNMP is a network management protocol and provides a means to monitor and control network devices and to manage configurations, statistics collection, performance, and security on a network.

==Read Only SNMP Community==
Enter the Read Only SNMP Community to which this server appliance belongs. The Read Only SNMP Community you enter can only contain alphanumeric characters along with ".", "-", and "_".

==Read and Write SNMP Community==
Enter the Read and Write SNMP Community to which this server appliance belongs. The Read and Write SNMP Community you enter can only contain alphanumeric characters along with ".", "-", and "_".