SNMP Connection Best Practices

Follow SNMP guidelines to ensure that the tape libraries send data to STA.

Use SNMP v3

For communication between STA and the monitored libraries, Oracle recommends the more secure SNMP v3 protocol rather than v2c. However, v2c is available to support older library firmware levels. The authentication, encryption, and message integrity features in v3 provide a secure mechanism for sending library data. v3 is also required for STA media validation.

Create a unique SNMP v3 user

Oracle recommends creating a new, unique SNMP v3 user on the libraries for STA communications.