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SNMP

SNMP

Last updated March 2020

Name

SNMP — Simple Network Management Protocol Support

Description

Momentum contains an embedded SNMPv2 agent primarily used to provide statistical data to Momentum utilities such as ec_stat_watcher. However, the agent may be queried by third-party SNMP Managers. Momentum's SNMP agent supports and provides information for Mail Monitoring MIB (MTA-MIB) objects as specified in RFC 2789. Additionally, the agent provides Momentum product information objects, several system level MIB objects and extends the MTA-MIB. Momentum product objects, and MTA-MIB extensions are defined in OmniTI's enterprise MIB.

Product and MTA-MIB extension objects provided by the agent are:

Product information:

  1. Product Name

  2. Product Version

  3. Product Build Date

Additional per MTA-MIB group metrics

  1. active queue size

  2. delayed queue size

  3. failed message count

Per domain statistics

  1. domain name

  2. receptions

  3. failures

  4. deliveries

  5. transient failures

  6. outbound connections

  7. active queue size

  8. delayed queue size

SNMP Agent setup

A configuration directive similar to the one shown below is used to configure the Momentum SNMP agent.

SNMP {
  State = enabled
  Address   = 192.168.1.2:8162
  Community = "Public"
  SysContact = administrator
  SysLocation = columbia
  SysDescription = mta01
}

Note

Changing the value of these options at runtime requires restarting the ecelerity process—issuing the ec_console command config reload will not suffice.

The SNMP Agent option settings are:

State

Set the State option value to Enabled to enable the SNMP Agent. The SNMP Agent is enabled by default.

Address

This option specifies the IP address and UDP port number Momentum's SNMP Agent listens on for SNMP requests. The format for the value of this option is ip_address:udp_port. A ‘*’ character may be used for ip_address to cause the agent to listen on all IP addresses configured on the system. In order to avoid conflicts with other agents running on the system, an UDP port number of 8162 is suggested.

Community

Set the Community option value to the desired SNMP community the agent is to join. "Public" is the default value for this option.

Note

Be sure to use quotation marks when assigning a value to this option. Without them, this option will not work.

SysContact

Set the SysContact option value to the desired text that the agent should return when queried for this system-level object. There is no default value for this option.

SysLocation

Set the SysLocation option value to the desired text that the agent should return when queried for this system-level object. There is no default value for this option.

SysDescription

Set the SysDescription option value to the desired text that the agent should return when queried for this system-level object. There is no default value for this option.

Momentum supports the generation of SNMPv2 Traps for certain global conditions. Supported trap conditions are:

  1. Momentum Start Up - generated when Momentum starts.

  2. Momentum Shutdown - generated when Momentum shuts down.

  3. Total Queued Messages - generated when the total messages in the system global queue exceeds the specified limit.

  4. Total Active Messages - generated when the total messages on the system active queue exceeds the specified limit.

  5. Total Delayed Messages - generated when the total messages on the system delayed queue exceeds the specified limit.

  6. Total Failed Messages - generated when the total messages failed exceeds the specified limit.

Momentum trap definitions are contained in the MIB file OMNITI-SNMP-MIB.txt found in the /opt/msys/ecelerity/docs/ directory. For your convenience this file is reproduced in MIB Files .

A configuration directive similar to the one shown below is used to enable and configure generation of SNMP traps. The directive consists of the outer SNMP_TRAPS stanza which encloses several global option settings, one or more Destination stanzas and a single Watch_Variable stanza.

SNMP_TRAPS {
  State = enabled
  Watch_Interval = 10
  Trap_Interval = 60
  Destination "192.168.1.2:162" {
    Community = "Public"
  }
  Watch_Variables = [
    GlobalMailQueue = 20000
    ActiveQueue     = 10000
    DelayedQueue    = 10000
    FailedMessages  = 5000
  ]
}

Global option settings are:

State

Set the State option value to Enabled to enable generation of SNMP traps. SNMP traps are disabled by default.

Watch_Interval

Momentum trap processing periodically samples the value of watched system variables. The value of this option, expressed as number of seconds, determines how frequently the variables are checked. By default Momentum will sample every 10 seconds.

Trap_Interval

Once a trap condition occurs, Momentum will continue to send traps as long as the condition persists. The value of this option, expressed as number of seconds, determines how frequently traps for a current condition are generated. By default a trap will be generated every 60 seconds for a persistent condition.

A Destination stanza is required for each trap destination. The IP address, UDP port number, and SNMP Community name is specified in each stanza. The Community option value defaults to "Public". If trap destination(s) are configured, then the traps will automatically be sent to each configured trap destination.

Destination "192.168.1.2:162" {
  Community = "Public"
}

A single Watch_Variable stanza is required. At least one of GlobalMailQueue, ActiveQueue, DelayedQueue or FailMessages options must be specified. The value specified for each option is the queue size limit specified as number of messages on the queue. When the queue size reaches or exceeds the specified limit, Momentum will generate a trap to all specified trap destinations.

Watch_Variables = [
  GlobalMailQueue = 20000
  ActiveQueue     = 10000
  DelayedQueue    = 10000
  FailedMessages  = 5000
]

Changing the value of SNMP options at runtime requires restarting the ecelerity process—issuing the ec_console command config reload will not suffice.

Scope

SNMP directives are valid in the global scope.

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