Owner's Manual

Configuring Protocols to Send Information to IT Assistant 267
Setting Up SNMP on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Retain the trapsink and smuxpeer lines in the existing snmpd.conf file.
Delete all other content from the file.
Add the following in the snmpd.conf:
com2sec mynetwork <subnet>/24 public
NOTE: Substitute <subnet> with the subnet address of your management station.
However, retain the /24.
group MyRWGroup v1 mynetwork
view all included .1 80
access MyRWGroup "" any noauth exact all all none
Restart /etc/init.d/snmpd.
Setting Up SNMP on VMware ESX 3.5 server to
Send Traps to IT Assistant
Follow the steps below to configure SNMP for the ESX server to send traps to
IT Assistant:
1
Download VMware remote command line interface tool (RCLI) from the
VMware website.
2 Run the following command to configure the SNMP from RCLI:
<vicfg-snmp --server <ESX_IP_addr> --username root
--password <password> -c <community name> -p 5567
-t <ITA_IP_Address>@162/<community name>>
NOTE: Multiple IT Assistant IP Addresses can be mentioned by putting a comma (,)
in between the target address that is IT Assistant IP address.
3 Run the following command to enable SNMP for ESX:
vicfg-snmp --server <ESX_IP_addr> --username root
--password <password> -E
4
Run the following command to show the configuration:
vicfg-snmp --server <ESX_IP_addr> --username root
--password <password> -s
5
Run the following command to send a test trap to IT Assistant: