Users Guide

Setup and Administration 37
Configuring the SNMP Agent for Systems Running Supported Windows Operating Systems
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. To enable remote shutdown of a system from IT Assistant, SNMP Set operations must be enabled.
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 point to 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 IT Assistant host to the Accept SNMP
packets from these hosts
list.
Changing the SNMP Community Name
Configuring the SNMP community names determines which systems are able to manage your system
through SNMP. The SNMP community name used by management applications must match an
SNMP community name configured on the Dell OpenManage software system so that the management
applications can retrieve management information from Dell OpenManage software.
1
If your system is running Windows Server 2003, click the Start button, right-click My Computer, and
point to
Manage . If your system is running Windows 2000, right-click My Computer and point
to
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 .