Users Guide
30 Setup and Administration
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
Open the 
Computer Management
 window.
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.










