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Managing Jobs and Tasks 99
Creating a Configure SNMP Task
NOTE: You can configure this task for managed systems running Windows
operating systems only.
You can configure the SNMP service properties, such as Security, Traps,
and Agents using the Configure SNMP task.
1 Click Manage  Jobs and Tasks to display the Task Mana g e m e n t Port a l .
2 In the Jobs and Tasks Quick Start Web part, click Create a new job or
task
.
3 In the Create New Task page, under Dell Tasks  Other folder, select the
Configure SNMP task.
4 In the right pane, in the SNMP Task Settings , select the Add or Modify
SNMP Service Properties
.
5 Click Security to set the security properties for a community.
6 In the SNMP Service Security Properties page, add the accepted
community names for your organization and specify whether or not Dell
Management Console should accept SNMP packets from a host.
To accept SNMP requests from any host on the network, regardless of
identity, click
Accept SNMP packets from any host .
To limit the acceptance of SNMP packets from the Dell Management
Console server, click
Accept SNMP packets from these hosts , click Add ,
and then types the Dell Management Console server host name or IP
address in the
Host name, IP, or IPX address box.
7 In the SNMP Task Settings section, click Traps to specify the community
name and set the trap destinations.
8 In the SNMP Task Settings section, click Agents to specify the physical
location of the agent and the person responsible for this agent.
9 Click OK to create the configure SNMP task.
This task is displayed on the Jobs and Tasks portal page under Dell Tasks .
NOTE: Enable the SNMP service on the managed systems before running this
task.
10 To run the task on a group of systems, click New Schedule .
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