Setting Up Snmp - Netscape ENTREPRISE SERVER 6.1 - 08-2002 ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

Setting Up SNMP

In general, to use SNMP you must have a master agent and at least one subagent
installed and running on a your system. You need to install the master agent before
you can enable a subagent.
The procedures for setting up SNMP are different depending upon your system.
Table 10-2 provides an overview of procedures you will follow for different
situations. The actual procedures are described in detail later in the chapter.
Before you begin, you should verify two things:
• Is your system already running an SNMP agent (an agent native to your
operating system)?
• If so, does your native SNMP agent support SMUX communication?
See your system documentation for information on how to verify this information.
NOTE
Table 10-2
If your server meets these conditions....
• No native agent is currently running
• Native agent is currently running
• No SMUX
• No need to continue using native agent
After changing SNMP settings in the Administration Server, installing a
new server, or deleting an existing server, you must perform the following
steps:
• (Windows NT/Windows 2000) Restart the Windows SNMP service or
reboot the machine.
• (UNIX/Linux) Restart the SNMP master agent using the
Administration Server.
Overview of procedures for enabling SNMP master agents and subagents
...follow these procedures. These are
discussed in detail in the following sections.
1. Start the master agent.
2. Enable the subagent for each server
installed on the system.
1. Stop the native agent when you install
the master agent for your
Administration Server.
2. Start the master agent.
3. Enable the subagent for each server
installed on the system.
Chapter 10
Setting Up SNMP
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