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SSH or Telnet to your ESXi node using root-level credentials.
Execute the following commands. Replace YOUR_STRING with your desired community string.

esxcli system snmp set -r
esxcli system snmp set -c YOUR_STRING
esxcli system snmp set -p 161
esxcli system snmp set -L 'City, State, Country'
esxcli system snmp set -C noc@example.com
esxcli system snmp set -e yes

If you selected a community string other than public or private, enter that string into Auvik by following these steps.
If in Step 2 you chose to “Apply these credentials to all devices we discover that meet the criteria below” ensure that:

Device Type = All Device Types
Vendor = All Vendors

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