Owner's Manual

Managing Jobs and Tasks 71
You can configure the SNMP service properties, such as Security, Traps,
and Agents using the Configure SNMP task.
1
Click Manage  Jobs and Tasks to display the Task Ma nagement Por tal .
2 In the Jobs and Tasks Quick Start Web part, click Create a new job or
task
.
3 In the Create New Task page, under Dell Tasks  Other folder, select the
Configure SNMP task.
4 In the right pane, in the SNMP Task Settings , select the Add or Modify
SNMP Service Properties
.
5 Click Security to set the security properties for a community.
6 In the SNMP Service Security Properties page, add the accepted
community names for your organization and specify whether or not Dell
Management Console should accept SNMP packets from a host.
To accept SNMP requests from any host on the network, regardless of
identity, click
Accept SNMP packets from any host .
To limit the acceptance of SNMP packets from the Dell Management
Console server, click
Accept SNMP packets from these hosts , click Add ,
and then types the Dell Management Console server host name or IP
address in the
Host name, IP, or IPX address box.
7 In the SNMP Task Settings section, click Traps to specify the community
name and set the trap destinations.
8 In the SNMP Task Settings section, click Agents to specify the physical
location of the agent and the person responsible for this agent.
9 Click OK to create the configure SNMP task.
This task is displayed on the
Jobs and Tasks portal page under Dell Tasks .
NOTE: Enable the SNMP service on the managed systems before running this
task.
10 To run the task on a group of systems, click New Schedule .
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