Belden HIRSCHMANN BAT-R User manual

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User Guide - Hirschmann BAT (HiLCOS) Devices
with Paessler PRTG Network Monitor
Contents
Ensure SNMPv3 is enabled ..................................................................................................................... 2
Remove the admin user from SNMPv3................................................................................................. 2
Change the passwords ............................................................................................................................ 3
Copy the device template to PRTG ........................................................................................................ 4
Go to the Group Settings ......................................................................................................................... 5
Configure the SNMP Credentials............................................................................................................ 5
Add a new device to a device group....................................................................................................... 6
Configure the device name and address............................................................................................... 6
Select the device template ...................................................................................................................... 7
Success ...................................................................................................................................................... 7

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User Guide - Hirschmann BAT (HiLCOS) Devices
with Paessler PRTG Network Monitor
Paessler AG's PRTG Network Monitor is a common tool to observe the status of many network
devices. This guide will help you to quickly connect Hirschmann BAT (HiLCOS) devices such as:
•BAT-R, BAT-F
•BAT450-F
•BAT867-R, BAT867-F
Please be aware that monitoring devices excessively can take performance away from them as
well as cause additional traffic on the network. Especially in critical applications and when
monitoring devices over a WLAN connection instead of a switched infrastructure. This can cause
degradation of the application performance that would not be there without monitoring. We tuned
the default intervals for the example sensors for a typical system, but you should check and rework
these settings according to your application and requirements.
Ensure SNMPv3 is enabled
SNMPv3 is enabled by default, so it should already be enabled.
Remove the admin user from SNMPv3
1. Remove the "admin" user: This user has permission to change settings over SNMPv3, which is
not necessary

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•Confirm on the next screen
2. Go to the "user" screen
Change the passwords
1. Set a new password for authentication
2. Set a different password for privacy

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Copy the device template to PRTG
Copy the device template Hirschmann BAT (HiLCOS).odt to this folder: %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\PRTG
Network Monitor\devicetemplates

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Go to the Group Settings
Configure the SNMP Credentials
•User is "user", just like on the BAT configuration
•"Password" is the "Password for auth." from the previous steps
•"Encryption Key" is the "Password for priv." from the previous steps

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Add a new device to a device group
Configure the device name and address
These are example values.

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The device name does not have to match the device name from the BAT configuration, but it is
recommended.
Please insert the correct IP address from your BAT device instead.
Select the device template
Success
After a couple of minutes or upon manual refresh your device is being monitored successfully.
Please be aware that not all sensors will be "green" automatically, for example:
•This device has no "WLAN Module 2", so this sensor can be removed
•By default the "Telnet" connection is disabled, so either remove the sensor or change it to expect
this test to fail as a security check

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