Quick start manual

Configuring SNMP Services On Windows

1. Open a command prompt, type services.msc, and press <Enter>.

The Services window is displayed.

2. Browse the list of services, and ensure that the status of the SNMP Service is displayed as Started.

3. Right-click SNMP Service and select Properties.

The SNMP Service Properties dialog box is displayed.

4. Click the Security tab and perform the following:

NOTE: If the Security tab is not displayed, reopen the Services window and try again.

a) Clear Send authentication trap.

b) Under Accepted community names, click Add.

The SNMP Service Configuration dialog box is displayed.

c) From the Community rights list, select READ ONLY.

d) In the Community Name field, type the community name and click Add.

e) Select either Accept SNMP packets from any hosts or Accept SNMP packets from these hosts,

and click Add.

The SNMP Service Configuration dialog box is displayed.

f) In the Host name, IP or IPX address field, type the OpenManage Essentials server name or IP

address, and click Add.

5. Click the Traps tab, and perform the following:

a) In the Community name box, type the community name, and click Add to list.

b) Under Trap destinations, click Add.

The SNMP Service Configuration dialog box is displayed.

c) In the Host name, IP or IPX address field, type the OpenManage Essentials server name or

address, and click

Add.

6. Click Apply.

7. In the Services window, right-click SNMP Service and click Restart.

NOTE: The default port for sending SNMP traps is 162. To configure the managed node to use a

non-default port, see the "Changing the Default SNMP Port" section in the Dell OpenManage

Essentials Version 1.3 User’s Guide at dell.com/OpenManageManuals.

Configuring SNMP Services on Linux

1. Run the command rpm -qa | grep snmp, and ensure that the net-snmp package is installed.

2. Run cd /etc/snmp to navigate to the snmp directory.

3. Open snmpd.conf in the VI editor (vi snmpd.conf).

4. Search snmpd.conf for # group context sec.model sec.level prefix read write notif and ensure that

the values for fields

read, write, and notif are set to all.

5. At the end of the snmpd.conf file, just before Further Information, enter the OpenManage Essentials

console IP address in the following format:trapsink <OpenManage Essentials Console IP>

For example, trapsink 10.94.174.190 public.

6. Start the SNMP services (service snmpd restart).