Users Guide
24 Setup and Administration
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.
Enabling SNMP Access By Remote Hosts
Windows Server 2003, by default, does not accept SNMP packets from remote hosts. For systems running
Windows Server 2003, you must configure the SNMP service to accept SNMP packets from remote hosts
if you plan to manage the system by using SNMP management applications from remote hosts.
To enable a system running the Windows Server 2003 operating system to receive SNMP packets from a
remote host, perform the following steps:
1
Click the
Start
button, right-click
My Computer
, and click
Manage
.
The
Computer Management
window appears.
2
Expand the
Computer Management
icon in the window, if necessary.
3
Expand the
Services and Applications
icon and click
Services
.
4
Scroll down the list of services until you find
SNMP Service
, right-click
SNMP Service
, and then click
Properties
.
The
SNMP Service Properties
window appears.
5
Click the
Security
tab.
6
Select
Accept SNMP packets from any host
, or add the remote host to the
Accept SNMP packets
from these hosts
list.