Users Guide
42 Setup and Administration
Configuring Your System to Send SNMP Traps to a Management Station
Dell OpenManage software generates SNMP traps in response to changes in the status of sensors and
other monitored parameters. You must configure one or more trap destinations on the Dell OpenManage
software system for SNMP traps to be sent to a management station.
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 opens.
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
click
Properties
.
The
SNMP Service Properties
window opens.
5
Click the
Traps
tab to add a community for traps or to add a trap destination for a trap community.
a
To add a community for traps, type the community name in the
Community Name
box and
click
Add to list
, which is located next to the
Community Name
box.
b
To add a trap destination for a trap community, select the community name from the
Community
Name
drop-down box and click
Add
under the
Trap Destinations
box.
The
SNMP Service Configuration
window opens.
c
Type in the trap destination and click
Add
.
The
SNMP Service Properties
window opens.
6
Click
OK
to save the changes.
Configuring the SNMP Agent on Systems Running Supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Operating Systems
Server Administrator uses the SNMP services provided by the ucd-snmp or net-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 about SNMP configuration.