Installing Netserver Agents On Linux Netservers - HP Vectra E-Vectra Deployment Manual

6.5 Installing Netserver Agents on Linux Netservers

The Linux version of the SNMP Agents were developed based on the extensibility of the UCD SNMP
agent package (see http://net-snmp.sourceforge.net.)
The versions of Linux supported are:
•
Red Hat 7.0
•
Red Hat 6.2
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SuSE 7.0
•
Debian 2.2
Please consult the agent Readme file to find out about supported Kernels.
The Netserver Agents for Linux can be installed only on a specific set of HP Netservers, listed below:
e 60, e 800,
lpr, lxr 8500,lc 2000/r, lh 3000/r, lh 6000/r lt 6000r lp 1000r, lp 2000r
Installation
Before starting the installation of the Netserver Agents on your HP Netserver, verify that all requirements
are satisfied.
The Curl and UCD SNMP packages you will find in the distribution CD together with the Netserver Agents
packages.
For information about how to upgrade the kernel, go to the link below:
http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/howto/kernel-upgrade/kernel-upgrade.html
For information about how to upgrade the RPM package, go to the link below:
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHEA-2001-016.html
Installation Details
1. For RPM based distributions only (e.g. Red Hat and SuSE), when updating the Netserver Agents
package, remove the old package before proceeding with the installation:
# rpm -e agents_lx
2. Before installing the Netserver Agents on a HP machine running Linux, verify if your platform
satisfies the hardware and software requirements as listed in section 3.1. If all requirements are satisfied,
just follow procedure listed below for each supported distribution. Note that letters xx and yy in package
names specify respectively the patchlevel and release of the product. For instance, agents_lx-5.50.09-
01_debian22.i386.deb refers to Netserver Agents version 5.50, patchlevel 09, release 01 for Debian 2.2.
3. Sometimes, when SNMP is being started, the following message is displayed:
# Creating directory: /var/ucd-snmp
Please, press Enter key to continue.
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