Vendor & protocol setup · 8 min read · AristaEOSSNMP

Configure SNMP on an Arista EOS switch

Enable SNMP polling on Arista EOS, common in leaf-spine data center fabrics.

What you'll need

Admin access to the device's CLI (console, SSH or Telnet)
Enable mode access
A Zynty account with Editor or Admin role

Configure a read-only community

EOS syntax is close to Cisco IOS, with a few naming differences.

enable
configure terminal
snmp-server community zyntyRO ro
snmp-server location "DC - Frankfurt"
end
write memory

Restrict access by source (optional)

If you want to limit which hosts can query SNMP, apply a standard ACL to the community.

configure terminal
ip access-list standard ZYNTY-SNMP
   10 permit 10.20.0.50/32
snmp-server community zyntyRO ro ZYNTY-SNMP
end

Add the switch in Zynty

EOS switches typically expose detailed interface, transceiver (DOM) and BGP MIBs, useful if you're also setting up BGP peering monitoring on the same device.

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