Enrolling Zebra SNMP Printers

About this task

This task outlines the steps to configure a Zebra SNMP printer and enroll it in a SOTI Connect environment.

Onboarding Zebra SNMP Printer in SOTI Connect

Procedure

  1. Enable SNMP protocol on the printer and configure Community Names (for example, Public).
  2. Install the SOTI Connect SNMP Protocol Adapter (PA) on the printer subnet.
  3. Run a ‘Search’ within the SNMP PA to discover printers using the community names configured in Step 1.
  4. Register printers with their IP addresses and corresponding public/private community names.
  5. Discover devices on the registered IP addresses. See Discovering Devices for details.
  6. Set up an enrollment rule to auto approve or manually approve the devices as required. See Creating Enrollment Rules for more details.

Results

Zebra SNMP printers are successfully enrolled in SOTI Connect.

Configuring Zebra SNMP Printer Settings

About this task

This task outlines steps to enable UDP, SNMP and apply SET/GET/TRAP community names to the printer.

Procedure

  1. Launch the Zebra Setup Utilities, then select Open Communication with Printer.
  2. Verify the printer’s time and date: 
    ! U1 getvar “rtc.time”
! U1 getvar “rtc.date”
  3. Verify the status of SNMP and community names: 
    ! U1 getvar "ip.udp.enable"
! U1 getvar "ip.snmp.enable"
! U1 getvar "ip.snmp.trap_community_name"
! U1 getvar "ip.snmp.get_community_name"
! U1 getvar "ip.snmp.set_community_name"
  4. Apply SNMP settings if required: 
    ! U1 setvar "ip.udp.enable" "on"
! U1 setvar "ip.snmp.enable" "on"
! U1 setvar "ip.snmp.trap_community_name" "changeme"
! U1 setvar "ip.snmp.get_community_name" "changeme"
! U1 setvar "ip.snmp.set_community_name" "changeme"
    Note: A printer reboot is often required after making changes.

Configuring SNMP Protocol Adapter Search and Discovering Devices

Procedure

  1. From the main menu, navigate to Administration > System Management.
  2. Locate the Soti-Snmp-Zebra protocol. Select the icon beside the protocol, then choose from the available options to register a printer:
    Search for New Devices Search for printers across a subnet.
    • Requires the SNMP PA and the printer to be on the same subnet.
    • Run a search on SOTI Connect utilizing SNMP PA and using public/private community names as set on printers.
    Note: Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) must be enabled on the computer.
    Register Register a specific printer by IP address.
    Note: This is the IP address of the printer, not the computer.
    Bulk Import Devices Bulk import devices by uploading a CSV file with cells separated by IP address, Public and Private community strings.