> Source: [sk98552](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk98552)

# sk98552 - Best Practices - SNMP

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk98552 |
| Date Created | 2014-02-11 |
| Last Modified | 2025-09-15 |
| Technical Level | General |
| Products | Security Gateway, Security Management Server, Multi-Domain Security Management Server |
| Versions | R82.10, R82, R81.20, R81.10 (EOS), R82.10, R82, R81.20, R82.10, R81 (EOS), R81.10 (EOS), R81 (EOS), R81 (EOS), R81.10 (EOS), R81.20, R82 |
| OS | Gaia |

## Solution

Check Point supports SNMPv1, SNMPv2, and SNMPv3.

**For versions R80.10 and higher:**

Refer to [sk90860 - How to configure SNMP on Gaia OS](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk90860)[](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk73440).

**For versions R77.30 and lower:**

Refer to the [SNMP Best Practices Guide](https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/PDF/CP_SNMP_BestPracticesGuide.pdf) that covers these topics:

* Recommendations about how to implement SNMP for Check Point Security Gateways and Security Management Servers
* Procedures that explain how to configure SNMP counters and traps for Check Point operating systems
* An example list of commonly used OIDs from the Check Point MIB. These are some of the categories for the OIDs:
  * System - CPU, memory, hard disk
  * Appliance hardware monitoring
  * Network activity
  * Check Point Software Blades

**Related Solution:**

* [sk90470 - Check Point SNMP MIB files](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk90470)[](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk90860)[](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk73440)

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