You can configure settings such as time zone, NTP servers, SNMP, and syslog servers to apply to all NSX Manager and Edge nodes. In addition to NSX Manager and Edge nodes, the SNMP configuration is applied to the VMware SNMP agent on all KVM hypervisors.
Procedure
- From your browser, log in with admin privileges to an NSX Manager at https://<nsx-manager-ip-address>.
- Select .
- Click the Node Profiles tab.
- Click All NSX Nodes in the Name column.
- Click Edit to configure the time zone and NTP servers.
- In the Syslog Servers section, click Add to add a Syslog server.
- Enter the FQDN or IP address of the Syslog server.
- Specify a port number.
- Select a protocol.
The available protocols are TCP, UDP, and LI (Log Insight).
- Select a log level.
The available levels are Emergency, Alert, Critical, Error, Warning, Notice, Information, and Debug.
- In the SNMP Polling section, under v2c, click Add to add an SNMPv2c community.
- Enter a name for the community.
- Enter a Community String value.
This value is used for authentication.
- In the SNMP Polling section, under v3, click Add to add an SNMPv3 user.
- Enter a user name.
- Enter an authentication password.
You can click the icon on the right to show or hide the password.
- Enter a private password.
You can click the icon on the right to show or hide the password.
- In the SNMP Traps section, under v2c, click Add to add an SNMPv2c trap configuration.
- Enter a FQDN or IP address.
- Specify a port number.
- Enter a name for the community.
- Enter a Community String value.
This value is used for authentication.
- In the SNMP Traps section, under v3, click Add to add an SNMPv3 trap configuration.
- Enter a FQDN or IP address.
- Specify a port number.
- Enter a user name.