Configure the SNMP Agent for Polling with ESXCLI

You can use ESXCLI to configure the SNMP agent for polling.

Specify one of the options listed in Connection Options for vCLI Host Management Commands in place of <conn_options>.

Procedure

Run vicfg-snmp --target with the target address, port number, and community.
```
vicfg-snmp <conn_options> -c public -t target.example.com@163/public
```
Each time you specify a target with this command, the settings you specify overwrite all previously specified settings. To specify multiple targets, separate them with a comma.

You can change the port that the SNMP agent sends data to on the target by using the --targets option. That port is UDP 162 by default.
(Optional) Specify a port for listening for polling requests.
```
vicfg-snmp <conn_options> -p <port>
```
(Optional) If the SNMP agent is not enabled, enable it.
```
vicfg-snmp <conn_options> --enable
```
Run vicfg-snmp --test to validate the configuration.
```
vicfg-snmp <conn_options> --test
```

Example: Running Commands in Sequence

The following example shows how the commands are run in sequence.

vicfg-snmp <conn_options> –c public –t example.com@162/private --enable
# next validate your config by doing these things:
vicfg-snmp <conn_options> -–test
walk –v1 –c public esx-host