Monitoring LifeSize Endpoints

The following sections describe how to configure LifeSize endpoints for monitoring by SL1 using the LifeSize Endpoint PowerPack:

Configuring LifeSize Endpoints for Monitoring by SL1

SL1 uses SNMP Dynamic Applications to collect the following information from the LifeSize Endpoint SNMP agent:

• LifeSize: Active Call Details
• LifeSize: Audio/Video Settings
• LifeSize: Call Quality Statistics
• LifeSize: Configuration
• LifeSize: Remote Management

Each of these Dynamic Applications includes a discovery object. If you discover your LifeSize Endpoints as SNMP devices, SL1 will automatically align these Dynamic Applications to those Endpoints during discovery.

LifeSize Endpoints support SNMP v3 only. Instead of specifying a community string, SNMP v3 uses a username, password, and other optional security phrases.

To verify that the SNMP agent is running on a LifeSize Endpoint and to configure an SNMP v3 username on a LifeSize Endpoint:

1. Connect to the LifeSize Endpoint using an SSH client as the "auto" user. LifeSize Endpoints have SSH enabled by default. The default password for the "auto" user is "lifesize".

2. The SNMP agent is enabled by default on all LifeSize endpoints. To verify that the SNMP agent is enabled, execute the following command:

get snmp enable

If the SNMP agent is enabled, you will see the following message:

on

ok,00

3. If the SNMP agent is disabled, execute the following command to enable the SNMP agent:

set snmp enable on

4. To create an SNMP v3 user, execute the following command, substituting username and password with the username and password for the user:

set snmp user -a username password

When you create an SNMP credential in SL1 for this LifeSize Endpoint, you will enter the username in the Security Name field and the password in the Security Passphrase field.

5. Optionally, you can execute the following two commands to change the SNMP system contact and SNMP system location. Substitute system_contact and system_location with the system contact and system location you want to assign to this device:

set snmp contact system_contact

set snmp location system_location

If the system contact or system location value you want to assign to this device includes a space, you must enclose the value in double quotes (").

Creating an SNMP Credential for a LifeSize Endpoint

To create an SNMPv3 Credential for a LifeSize Endpoint, perform the following steps in SL1:

1. Go to the Credential Management page (System > Manage > Credentials).

2. Select the Create button, and then select SNMP Credential. The Credential Editor page is displayed.

3. Supply values in the following fields:

• Profile Name. Enter a name for the credential.

• SNMP Version. Select SNMP V3.
• Security Name. Enter the SNMP v3 username you configured on the LifeSize Endpoint.
• Security Passphrase. Enter the SNMP v3 password you configured on the LifeSize Endpoint.

You can optionally change the values in the Timeout(ms) and Retries fields. You must leave all other fields in this page set to the default value.

4. Select the Save button.
5. When you configure a discovery session that includes the IP address of the LifeSize Endpoint, select the SNMP v3 credential you created in the SNMP Credentials field. The LifeSize Endpoint will be discovered as an SNMP device with the LifeSize Dynamic Applications automatically aligned. For more information about discovery in SL1, see the section on Running a Discovery Session.