HP Systems Insight Manager 6.0 User Guide

4. Edit the snmpd.conf file.
For Red Hat Linux, open the following file in the vi editor:
vi /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf
For SuSE SLES 8, open the following file in the vi editor:
vi /usr/share/snmp/snmpd.conf
a. Remove the comment symbol (#) from the trapsink line, and add the IP address of the CMS:
trapsink IPaddress
where IPaddress is the IP address of the CMS.
b. Add the CMS to the read only community by adding the line:
rocommunity CommunityName IPaddress
where CommunityName is the SNMP community string used by the CMS and IPaddress is the
IP address of the CMS.
c. Save the changes to the file. To save and close this file using the vi editor, press the Esc key, enter
:wq!, and then press the Enter key.
5. Start the SNMP daemon:
/etc/init.d/snmpd start
6. If the HP Server Management Drivers and Agents daemons are installed on your system, start them:
/etc/init.d/hpasm start
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