Owner's Manual

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Changing the SNMP Community Name
Configuring the SNMP community names determines which systems are able to manage your system through SNMP. The SNMP community name used by
systemsmanagementapplicationsmustmatchanSNMPcommunitynameconfiguredontheServerAdministratorsoftwaresystem,sothesystems
management applications can retrieve management information from Server Administrator.
To change the SNMP community name used for retrieving management information from a system running Server Administrator, edit the SNMP agent
configuration file, /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf, and perform the following steps:
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1. Find the line that reads:
com2sec publicsec default public
or
com2sec notConfigUser default public
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2. Edit this line, replacing public with the new SNMP community name. When edited, the new line should read:
com2sec publicsec default community_name
or
com2sec notConfigUser default community_name
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3. To enable SNMP configuration changes, restart the SNMP agent by typing:
service snmpd restart
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Enabling SNMP Set Operations
Enable SNMP Set operations on the system running Server Administrator in order to change Server Administrator software attributes using IT Assistant. To
enableremoteshutdownofasystemfromITAssistant,enableSNMPSetoperations.
To enable SNMP Set operations on the system running Server Administrator, edit the /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf SNMP agent configuration file and perform the
following steps:
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1. Find the line that reads:
access publicgroup "" any noauth exact all none none
or
access notConfigGroup "" any noauth exact all none none
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2. Edit this line, replacing the first none with all. When edited, the new line should read:
access publicgroup "" any noauth exact all all none
or
access notConfigGroup "" any noauth exact all all none
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3. To enable SNMP configuration changes, restart the SNMP agent by typing:
service snmpd restart
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Configuring Your System to Send Traps to a Management Station
Server Administrator generates SNMP traps in response to changes in the status of sensors and other monitored parameters. One or more trap destinations
must be configured on the system running Server Administrator for SNMP traps to be sent to a management station.
ToconfigureyoursystemrunningServerAdministratortosendtrapstoamanagementstation,editthe/etc/snmp/snmpd.conf SNMP agent configuration file
andperformthefollowingsteps:
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1. Add the following line to the file:
trapsink IP_address community_name
NOTE: Rebooting your system for change management functionality does not require SNMP Set operations.