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6.2. How to set-up your SNMP control

This section details how to enable and configure the SNMP Agent functionality for your DekTec

application. SNMP Manager’s installation and configuration is not part of this scope.

In the “C:\ Program Files\DekTec\DtGrabber+\” directory, you will find in addition to the

DtGrabber+ executable, the VISNMP.dll file and the MIB file. The MIB file is to be passed to the

SNMP Manager, while the VISNMP.dll file is an extension DLL to be used loaded by the Windows

SNMP service to permit communication by your host PC/Server to permit SNMP communication

toward your DekTec application. VISNMP.dll will also be called by the SNMP service provided by

Windows.

6.2.1. Install the SNMP services

Check that the services “SNMP Service” and “SNMP Trap Services” are available on your Windows

system. Check the list of installed services in the “Start Menu”, “Control Panel”, “Administrative

Tools”, “Services”. If the services are not started, start them and make sure they are automatically

started by the system during system start-up.

If the SNMP services are not installed yet, please go to “Start Menu”, "Control panel", "Add\Remove Programs". Click

"Add/Remove Windows components". Check the checkbox "Management and Monitoring Tools". Then push on

“Detail” button and make sure that "Simple Network Management Protocol" is checked and click “OK” to close the

window. Then click “Next” to complete the installation. Eventually, you may need Windows installation CD inserted to

complete the installation.

6.2.2. Configure the SNMP service properties

Right click on SNMP service and click Properties to configure your SNMP service.

To enable the sending of SNMP Trap from your machine, select the tab "Traps". Type "public" on

"community name" combo box and click "Add to list" button. In order to specify the destination

address for SNMP traps, click "Add" and add the IP address (for instance, type "127.0.0.1" if your

SNMP Manager is on the same machine). In the “Log On” tab, check that the “Local System

account” and the “Allow service to interact with desktop” are checked. Also check that the “Profile 1”

is enabled. For Windows 2003 Server specially, make sure that the Administrator account is used, or

that the Local System account is the Administrator account.