Users Guide
Setup and Administration 31
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 remote shutdown of a system from
IT Assistant, SNMP Set operations must be enabled.
NOTE: Rebooting of your system for change management functionality does not require SNMP Set operations.
To enable SNMP Set operations on a system running Server Administrator, edit the SNMP agent
configuration file, /etc/snmpd.conf, and perform the following steps:
1
Find the line that reads:
rocommunity public 127.0.0.1
2
Edit this line by replacing
rocommunity
with
rwcommunity
. When edited, the new line
should read:
rwcommunity public 127.0.0.1
3
To enable SNMP configuration changes, restart the SNMP agent by typing:
/etc/init.d/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/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:
/etc/init.d/snmpd restart
X.509 Certificate Management Prerequisites
Web certificates are necessary to ensure the identity of a remote system and to ensure that information
exchanged with the remote system cannot be viewed or changed by others.
This section explains the administrative prerequisites for ensuring your ability to generate a new
X.509 certificate, reuse an existing X.509 certificate, or import a root certificate or certificate chain from
Certification Authority (CA) on each supported operating system.
The X.509 certificate management is provided through the Server Administrator home page for all
supported operating systems.