Operating Instructions

Chapter 2 – Installing and Configuring the OPC/SNMP Agent
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Setting Up SNMP Services
To set up the SNMP services on the Insight workstation, do the following steps:
1. Click Start, Settings, Control Panel, and Add/Remove Programs.
2. In the Add/Remove Programs window, click Add/Remove Windows Components.
The Windows Components Wizard is displayed.
3. In the Components box, select Management and Monitoring Tools, and then click Details.
4. In the Management and Monitoring Tools dialog box, select the Simple Network Management
Protocol check box.
If any other protocols are listed and they are not needed, clear their check boxes.
5. Click OK to close the Management and Monitoring Tools dialog box.
6. In the Windows Components Wizard, click Next.
7. Insert the Windows 2000 CD and click OK, or just click OK to browse for the setup files.
8. When the Wizard is done installing the files, click Finish.
9. Click Start, Settings, Control Panel, Administrative Tools, and Services.
10. In the Services window, verify that the SNMP Service is set for the Automatic startup type.
11. Right-click SNMP Service, and then click Properties.
The SNMP Service Properties dialog box is displayed.
12. Click the Traps tab, and then do the following to set criteria for outgoing messages:
a. In the Community name box, type a system community name (such as public) that will use
SNMP services to access Insight, and then click Add to list.
b. Click Add.
13. In the SNMP Service Configuration dialog box, do the following:
a. Type the IP Address of a computer that will receive Insight information via SNMP. The computer
must belong the community identified in the previous step. For information on finding the IP
Address, see Getting IP Addresses on page 9.
b. Click Add.
c. Repeat Steps 13a and 13b to identify other computers in that community.
14. If needed, repeat Steps 12 and 13 to identify computers in other communities.
15. If you want to set security on messages sent to the Insight workstation, then click the Security tab,
and set access options. The default security is READ CREATE access for all SNMP hosts within the
communities identified in Step 12.
16. Click OK to close the SNMP Service Properties dialog box.
17. Right-click SNMP Trap Service, and then click Properties.
18. In the SNMP Trap Service Properties dialog box, select Automatic from the Startup type list, and
then click OK.
19. Close the Services window.