User guide

DEFINITY Performance Management User Guide, Release 2.0, 585-229-808
2 NMS Submap Administration
Set up Auto-Discovery
Issue 1
November 1998
Page 39
Private
Networks
If you have a private network, you must complete the following steps to ensure
that the Proxy Agent and NMS can communicate effectively. The entries you type
in the NMS must
exactly match the entries that you typed in the Proxy Agent.
1 From the menu bar in the Network Management System, click Options >
SNMP Configuration
.
Result: The system opens the SNMP Configuration window. Existing
managed nodes appear at the top portion of the screen.
2 Turn off the USE PROXY TO ACCESS TARGET button, if it is selected.
3 Type information in the fields below. Do not change any other fields.
•
Target — Proxy Agent [host name or IP address] The name that resides in
the host file.
•
Community — [community name] The name you administered for the
private network on the Proxy Agent C
hange Network Managers Screen .
•
Set Community — [g3pa] Identical to the Set Community data
administered on the Proxy Agent C
hange Network Managers Screen .
4 Click ADD. Then, click OK.
5 To activate Auto-Discovery, click Performance > DEFINITY > Execute
Auto-Discovery
Result: The system searches for Proxy Agents and associated managed
nodes.