Systems Insight Manager 6.0 Installation and Configuration Guide for Linux

d. Edit the snmpd.conf file using any text editor.
For Red Hat Linux, run the following command for opening this file in the vi editor:
vi /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf
For SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10, run the following command for opening this file in the vi
editor:
vi /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf
i. 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.
ii. 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.
iii. Save the changes to the file. To save and close this file using the vi editor, press the Esc key,
enter :wq!, and press the Enter key.
e. Start the SNMP daemon:
/etc/init.d/snmpd start
f. Start the HP Server Management Drivers and Agents daemon if it is installed on your system:
/etc/init.d/hpasm start
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