====== Administration: SNMP Source Configuration ======
Author/Assessor: Anna Dowling

The SNMP Source Configuration creates the database connection for accessing the snmp_manager application.
The SNMP Source Configuration is set on a per Configuration basis. To enable a particular snmp config, it must be assigned to the active **Company Configuration**. This can be found through the admin UI in Company Configurations.

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Upon clicking on this snmp configuration entry we are presented with a number of values:

==== Name ====
This is the name of this snmp configuration. This is usually customer indicative by convention.

==== Database Profile ====
This displays a link to the Database profile configurations for the snmp_manager. If we click into this we can see the entries for settings including the Name, user name, password, connection url and Driver associated with the database.

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==== Clusters ====

These are the markets which we want to display information for in the Noc Portal. If we click into one of these we can see the snmp_manager related information for the market/cluster in question. This includes its id in the snmp_manager, name, outage information for this market if any is available, outage update tine and the active snmp configuration associated with it.

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==== Cluster Groups ====
These are the market/ cluster groupings which we want to display information for in the Noc Portal.

==== Query Length In Days ====
This represents the limit interval in days which is placed on the mysql query that runs against the snmp_manager database to pull back alarming and network element information.

==== Query Limit ====
This represents the limit on rows returned which is placed on the mysql query that runs against the snmp_manager database to pull back alarming and network element information.

==== Refresh Clusters In Config ====
This button allows the user to refresh the cluster list associated with the snmp_manager configuration in order to reload the list following an update.

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===== Self Assessment =====

  - In the Noc Portal find the active company configuration.
  - Locate the snmp configuration associated with this company config.
  - Name the database profile which this snmp config points to.
  - List the connection url that is associated with this database profile.
  - Outline how you would connect to this database to verify data returned in the Noc Portal.
  - Outline the purpose of specifying a Driver when establishing a database connection.
  - Locate a query from the SQLQuery List which is run against the snmp_manager database.
  - Explain how you would update the clusters list associated with an snmp configuration.
  - How does outage information display in a market?