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The next screen asks if the operating system is already running the SNMP
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Agent on the Linux machine.
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An SMS SNMP Agent will be installed as part of the application. If there is already a
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Linux OS SNMP Agent or some other third party SNMP Agent software installed on this
machine, you must specify the port so SMS can communicate with this agent.
Choose
(the default) if the Linux OS SNMP Agent or some other third party SNMP
Yes
Agent software is running on this machine.
Choose
if the SMS SNMP Agent will be the only SNMP Agent on this machine.
No
If you choose
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SNMP Agent on the Linux machine. Click
If you choose
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If you chose
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Yes
Agent.
The default port is
After entering the port number, click
The next screen prompts for the listening port number for the SMS SNMP Agent.
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Enter the listening port number for the SMS SNMP Agent.
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The default port for SNMP Agents is
port 161, then the SMS SNMP Agent must be configured on a different port (such as
8161
).
After entering the port number, click
The next screen prompts you to specify the SNMP Read Community "community string",
which is used to authenticate NMS hosts that access the Linux host or SMS for
management or configuration data.
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Accept the SNMP Read Community default,
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Additional details about configuring the SNMP Agent software on the SMS and operating
system are provided in the Using the Configuration Assistant and Simple Network
Management Protocol (SNMP) chapters in the SMS Administration Guide.
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Click
at the bottom of the SNMP Read Community installation screen.
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Install
, the next screen displayed asks for the listening port for the
Yes
No
, click
Next
and go to
in
Step
13, enter the listening port number for the Linux machine SNMP
, which is the standard port for SNMP.
161
Next
161
Next
To Install the SMS Application (Clean Installation)
Next
and go to
Step
Step
15.
to proceed to the next installation screen.
. If there is a Linux OS SNMP Agent running on
to proceed to the next installation screen.
, or modify as needed.
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