Starting The Snmp Master Agent Using The Administration Server; Configuring The Snmp Master Agent - Netscape ENTREPRISE SERVER 6.1 - 08-2002 ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

Method one: In the
which the master agent listens for SNMP requests from managers. Transport
mappings allow the master agent to accept connections at the standard port and at
a nonstandard port. The master agent can also accept SNMP traffic at a
nonstandard port. The maximum number of concurrent SNMP is limited by your
target system's limits on the number of open sockets or file descriptors per process.
Here is an example of a transport mapping entry:
TRANSPORT
After editing the
by typing the following at the command prompt:
# magt CONFIG INIT&
Method two: Edit the
connections at the standard port as well as a nonstandard port.

Starting the SNMP Master Agent Using the Administration Server

To start the SNMP master agent using the Administration Server, perform the
following steps:
Log in to the Administration Server.
1.
In the Server Manager, choose the SNMP Master Agent Control page from the
2.
Global Settings tab. The SNMP Master Agent Control page appears.
Click Start.
3.
You can also stop and restart the SNMP master agent from the SNMP Master
Agent Control page.

Configuring the SNMP Master Agent

Once you've enabled the master agent and enabled a subagent on a host computer,
you need to configure the host's Administration Server. This entails specifying
community strings and trap destinations.
file, specify a transport mapping for each interface over
CONFIG
extraordinary
OVER UDP SOCKET
AT PORT 11161
file manually, you should start the master agent manually
CONFIG
/etc/services
Configuring the SNMP Master Agent
SNMP
file to allow the master agent to accept
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