Users Guide

Setup and Administration 39
Configuring the SNMP Agent
Dell OpenManage software supports the SNMP systems management standard on all supported
operating systems. The SNMP support may or may not be installed depending on your operating system
and how the operating system was installed. An installed supported systems management protocol
standard, such as SNMP, is required before installing Dell OpenManage software. See "Installation
Requirements" for more information.
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: For IT Assistant to retrieve management information from a system running Server Administrator, the
community name used by IT Assistant must match a community name on the system running Server Administrator.
For IT Assistant to modify information or perform actions on a system running Server Administrator, the community
name used by IT Assistant must match a community name that allows Set operations on the system running Server
Administrator. For IT Assistant to receive traps (asynchronous event notifications) from a system running Server
Administrator, the system running Server Administrator must be configured to send traps to the system running
IT Assistant. For more information, see the Dell OpenManage IT Assistant User’s Guide.
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
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.