Owner's Manual

258 Configuring Protocols to Send Information to IT Assistant
NOTE: IPMI over LAN is available by default on all Dell x8xx and later systems that
have the baseboard management controller (BMC).
Configuring the SNMP Service
In order for IT Assistant to install and function properly, it must be installed
on a supported Microsoft operating system that has the SNMP service
installed and running. Unless it has been modified after installation, the
Microsoft operating system SNMP service should require no additional
configuration. Although the SNMP service on IT Assistant system does not
require special configuration, the SNMP service on the systems that it will be
managing does. Furthermore, whereas IT Assistant can be installed only on
supported Microsoft operating systems, it can manage systems that are running
supported Microsoft, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, and Red Hat Enterprise
Linux operating systems. This section explains how to configure SNMP on
these managed systems.
Each of the managed systems that use the SNMP protocol to communicate
with IT Assistant must have read/write and read-only community names
assigned. If you want IT Assistant to be able to receive traps from these
managed systems, you must also configure an SNMP trap destination,
defined either by host name or by IP address.
NOTE: In a mixed IPv4 and IPv6 network, post SNMP discovery IT Assistant
displays only the IPv4 addresses.
Table A-1. Supported Operating Systems and Systems Management Protocols on
Managed Systems
Operating System SNMP CIM
Microsoft Windows
operating system
Available from the operating system
installation media.
Available from the
operating system
installation media
Red Hat Linux operating
system
You must install the SNMP package
provided with the operating system.
Unavailable
SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server operating system
You must install the SNMP package
provided with the operating system.
Unavailable
VMware ESX Server Installed by default during operating
system installation
Unavailable