Build SNMP points

Before you can build and configure PI SNMP points, you must have:

• a PI SNMP Interface installed

• an SNMP service running on the remote devices you plan to monitor

The PI SNMP Interface is the network node that supplies data for PI SNMP points. You can use the PI SNMP utility to update the PI SNMP Interface.

Note: SNMP interfaces must be configured with PI Interface Configuration Utility (PI ICU) to be available to SNMP point builder. Manually installed interfaces are not visible in this utility.

The PI SNMP point builder uses the following process to build SNMP points:

1. Select the PI SNMP Interface for which you will build points on the Tag Settings tab.

2. Configure the SNMP agent on the interface and select specific OIDs on the SNMP Settings tab.

3. Select OIDs and build PI points using SNMP MIBs and templates on the Build Tags tab.