Users Guide

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Setup and Administration 23
Configuring the SNMP Agent
Server Administrator supports the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)—a systems
management standard—on all supported operating systems. The SNMP support may or may not be
installed depending on your operating system and how the operating system was installed. In most cases,
SNMP is installed as part of your operating system installation. An installed supported systems
management protocol standard, such as SNMP, is required before installing Server Administrator. See
"Installation Requirements" for more information.
You can configure the SNMP agent to change the community name, enable Set operations, and send
traps to a management station. To configure your SNMP agent for proper interaction with management
applications such as the Dell OpenManage™ IT Assistant, perform the procedures described in the
following sections.
NOTE: For IT Assistant to retrieve management information from a system running Server Administrator, the
community name used by IT Assistant must match a community name on the system running Server Administrator.
For IT Assistant to modify information or perform actions on a system running Server Administrator, the community
name used by IT Assistant must match a community name that allows Set operations on the system running
Server Administrator. For IT Assistant to receive traps (asynchronous event notifications) from a system running
Server Administrator, the system running Server Administrator must be configured to send traps to the system
running IT Assistant.
The following procedures provide step-by-step instructions for configuring the SNMP agent for each
supported operating system:
Configuring the SNMP Agent for Systems Running Supported Windows Operating Systems
Configuring the SNMP Agent on Systems Running Supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Configuring the SNMP Agent on Systems Running Supported SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Operating Systems
Configuring the SNMP Agent for Systems Running Supported Windows Operating Systems
Server Administrator uses the SNMP services provided by the Windows SNMP agent. You can configure
the SNMP agent to change the community name, enable Set operations, and send traps to a
management station. To configure your SNMP agent for proper interaction with management
applications such as IT Assistant, perform the procedures described in the following sections.
NOTE: See your operating system documentation for additional details on SNMP configuration.