Users Guide

28 Setup and Administration
Enabling SNMP Set Operations
SNMP Set operations must be enabled on the system running Server Administrator in order to change
Server Administrator attributes using IT Assistant.
To enable SNMP Set operations on the system running Server Administrator, edit the SNMP agent
configuration file, /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf, and perform the following steps:
1
Find the line that reads:
access publicgroup "" any noauth exact all none none
or
access notConfigGroup "" any noauth exact all none none
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
3
To enable SNMP configuration changes, restart the SNMP agent by typing:
service snmpd restart
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
SNMP agent configuration file, /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf, and perform the following steps:
1
Add the following line to the file:
trapsink IP_address community_name
where IP_address is the IP address of the management station and community_name is the
SNMP community name
2 To enable SNMP configuration changes, restart the SNMP agent by typing:
service snmpd restart