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Unable to create SNMP user for switch monitoring

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • Fabric Attached MetroCluster

Issue

  • One of the backend MetroCluster switches is not added to monitoring:

::> storage switch show
                      Symbolic                                Is        Monitor
Switch                Name     Vendor  Model Switch WWN       Monitored Status
--------------------- -------- ------- ----- ---------------- --------- -------
Brocade_11.22.33.13
                      MCC-sw1
                               Brocade Brocade6505
                                             100050XXXXXXXXXX true      ok
Brocade_11.22.33.14
                      MCC-sw2
                               Brocade Brocade6505
                                             100050XXXXXXXXXX true      ok
Brocade_11.22.33.23
                      MCC-sw3
                               Brocade Brocade6505
                                             100050XXXXXXXXXX true      ok
3 entries were displayed.

  • There is no SNMP user for the switch that is not added to monitoring:

::*> security login show -application snmp -fields remote-switch-ipaddress
vserver      user-or-group-name application authentication-method remote-switch-ipaddress
------------ ------------------ ----------- --------------------- -----------------------
Cluster1      snmpv3user         snmp        usm                   11.22.33.13
Cluster1      snmpv3user         snmp        usm                   11.22.33.14 
Cluster1      snmpv3user         snmp        usm                   11.22.33.23
3 entries were displayed.

  • Creation of SNMP user for Brocade switch monitoring fails with the below error:
::> security login create -user-or-group-name snmpv3user -application snmp -authentication-method usm -role none -remote-switch-ipaddress 11.22.33.24
Error: command failed: Failed to discover SNMPv3 engine ID of remote SNMP agent with IP address 11.22.33.24.

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