Users Guide

For installing the in-band SNMP get feature through setup.sh installer complete the following tasks:
1 Start the iSM installation using the setup.sh script by executing ./setup.sh
2 Review the license agreement and accept to proceed with the installation.
3 On the next page, the list of features are shown. Select the Access via SNMP Get sub option under the iDRAC access via Host OS
feature by entering 4.c , and press Enter.
4 After the feature is enabled, start the installation process of the selected features by entering I and press Enter.
5 After the installation is nished successfully, start the iDRAC Service Module process.
If SNMP Agent service is not enabled on iDRAC, iSM congures and enables the SNMP Agent.
6 To view the SNMP Agent properties, on the iDRAC GUI, Go to Settings.
7 Click iDRAC Service Module Setup.
8 Under Monitoring session, view that SNMP Get via Host OS option is enabled.
9 Open a new ‘PuTTY Conguration’ window, provide your Host Name IP address and click Open.
10 Click Yes, for the PuTTY Security Alert.
11 Log in to iDRAC using the proper credentials.
12 Type racadm get iDRAC.ServiceModule.HostSNMPGet and enter.
You can view that HostSNMPGet is enabled.
NOTE: If the In-Band SNMP Get feature was not enabled during the Installation of iSM, it can be enabled later through
iDRAC GUI/Racadm command.
• Through iDRAC GUI — iDRAC Settings->Settings->iDRAC Service Module Setup->Enable SNMP Get via Host OS-
>Enable or Disable
• Through Racadm — racadm set idrac.servicemodule.HostSnmpGet "Enabled"or "Disabled"
NOTE: iDRAC GUI/Racadm commands for In-Band SNMP Get feature is applicable only for 14
th
Generation of servers.
On 12
th
and 13
th
Generation servers, you must use the iSM installer for enabling/disabling this feature.
NOTE: When SNMP Get feature is enabled, it creates an iDRAC user “iSMSnmpUser” for SNMPv3 support internally. If
the user already exists, iSM logs an error message saying "Unable to create the "iSMSnmpUser" on iDRAC because the
username already exists. Then SnmpGet via Host OS feature is disabled." and the feature is disabled. In such cases, the
you must remove the “iSMSnmpUser” in iDRAC and disable and enable the Enable SNMP Get via Host OS feature on
iDRAC GUI once again. The user, “iSMSnmpUser” created by iSM is deleted when the feature is disabled or iSM is
uninstalled.
Enabling the In-band SNMP Get feature—Windows
The In-band SNMP Get feature allows you to query the system management data over the SNMP service on the host operating system.
The host SNMP services should be enabled and congured s a prerequisite for this feature.
The SNMP service on the iDRAC should be enabled. If it is not enabled, then iDRAC Service Module will enable and congure the SNMP
service on the iDRAC. This feature can be enabled or disabled using any of the iDRAC interfaces or the installer.
This feature supports SNMP v1 and v2 on Microsoft Windows Operating Systems and SNMP v1, v2 and v3 on Linux operating systems.
NOTE
: iDRAC GUI/Racadm commands for In-Band SNMP Get feature is applicable only for 14
th
Generation of servers.
NOTE: iDRAC Service Module 3.1 supports only the iDRAC SNMP OID 1.3. 6.1. 4.1.674.10892.5.
iDRAC GUI Launcher
Using iDRAC Service Module 3.1 or later, you can launch iDRAC GUI from your local system. Double click the iDRAC GUI Launcher icon.
The iDRAC GUI login page opens in the default browser. Use the iDRAC credentials to login to the iDRAC home page. This is supported only
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iDRAC Service Module monitoring features