Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Introduction
- Setup and Administration
- Security Management
- Assigning User Privileges
- Disabling Guest and Anonymous Accounts in Supported Windows Operating Systems
- Configuring the SNMP Agent
- 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
- Configuring the SNMP Agent on Systems Running Supported VMware ESX 4.X Operating Systems to Proxy VMware MIBs
- Configuring the SNMP Agent on Systems Running Supported VMware ESXi 4.X Operating Systems
- Firewall Configuration on Systems Running Supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating Systems and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
- Using Server Administrator
- Server Administrator Services
- Working With Remote Access Controller
- Overview
- Viewing Basic Information
- Configuring the Remote Access Device to use a LAN Connection
- Configuring the Remote Access Device to use a Serial Port Connection
- Configuring the Remote Access Device to use a Serial Over LAN Connection
- Additional Configuration for iDRAC
- Configuring Remote Access Device Users
- Setting Platform Event Filter Alerts
- Server Administrator Logs
- Setting Alert Actions
- Setting Alert Actions for Systems Running Supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Operating Systems
- Setting Alert Actions in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008
- Setting Alert Action Execute Application in Windows Server 2008
- BMC/iDRAC Platform Events Filter Alert Messages
- Understanding Service Names
- Troubleshooting
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Index

38 Setup and Administration
b
To enable VMWare SNMP service, run the following command:
vicfg-snmp.pl --server <ESX_IP_addr> --username
root --password <password>
-E
c
To view the configuration settings, run the following command:
vicfg-snmp.pl --server <ESX_IP_addr> --username
root --password <password>
-s
After modification, the configuration file looks like this:
<?xml version="1.0">
<config>
<snmpSettings>
<enable>true</enable>
<communities>public</communities>
<targets>143.166.152.248@162/public</targets>
<port>167</port>
</snmpSettings>
</config>
2
Stop the SNMP service if it is already running on your system by entering
the following command:
service snmpd stop
3
Add the following line at the end of the
/etc/snmp/snmpd.conf
:.
proxy -v 1 -c public udp:127.0.0.1:X
.1.3.6.1.4.1.6876
Where
X
represents the unused port specified above, while configuring
SNMP.
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