Users Guide

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the appropriate section below for your operating system. For additional guidelines,
see the Securing an SNMP Environment article, dated May 2003, in the Dell Power
Solutions magazine. This magazine is also available at
www.dell.com/powersolutions.
The following sections 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 Operating Systems
• 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
The Dell OpenManage software uses the SNMP services provided by the
Windows SNMP agent. SNMP is one of the two supported ways of
connecting to a System Administrator session; the other is CIM/WMI.
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 on Windows Server 2003
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.
NOTE: Rebooting your system for change management functionality does not
require SNMP Set operations.