Configuring NetCache appliance log file collection

Enabling SNMP and using Auto Discovery

Reason to enable SNMP

If you want to collect log files from several NetCache appliances, you may want to use the Auto Discovery feature of the ContentReporter server. The Auto Discovery feature enables you to quickly and easily add multiple NetCache appliances to a cache group at one time. In order to use the Auto Discovery feature, you must enable Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) for each NetCache appliance. You must also identify a community string name that the ContentReporter server can use to identify each NetCache appliance through Auto Discovery.

Enabling SNMP and indentifying a community string

To enable NetCache appliance SNMP for Auto Discovery and identify a community string, complete the following steps.

Step	Action
1	In the NetCache Manager window, click the Setup tab
2	Click Administration > SNMP.
3	Ensure that the Enable SNMP box is checked.
4	Identify a community string (such as "public") listed in one of the Communities fields.
5	Record this community string name. You will enter this string when using the Auto Discovery feature in ContentReporter. To learn more about using Auto Discovery, see Using Auto Discovery.