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NOTE: For IPv6, nd the line com2sec6 notConfigUser default public. Also, add the text agentaddress
udp6:161 in the le.
3 Edit this line, replacing public with the new SNMP community name. When edited, the new line should read: com2sec
publicsec default community_name or com2sec notConfigUser default community_name.
4 To enable SNMP conguration changes, restart the SNMP agent by typing: systemctl restart snmpd .
Conguring Your System To Send Traps To A Management Station
Server Administrator generates SNMP traps in response to changes in the status of sensors and other monitored parameters. One or more
trap destinations must be congured on the system running Server Administrator for SNMP traps to be sent to a management station.
To congure your system running Server Administrator to send traps to a management station, edit the SNMP agent conguration
le, /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf, and perform the following steps:
1 Add the following line to the le: trapsink IP_address community_name, where IP_address is the IP address of the
management station and community_name is the SNMP community name.
2 To enable SNMP conguration changes, restart the SNMP agent by typing: systemctl restart snmpd .
Conguring the SNMP agent on systems running supported SUSE Linux
enterprise server
Server Administrator uses the SNMP services provided by the net-snmp agent. You can congure the SNMP agent to enable SNMP
access from remote hosts, change the community name, enable Set operations, and send traps to a management station. To congure
your SNMP agent for proper interaction with management applications such as OpenManage Essentials, perform the procedures described
in the following sections.
NOTE
: For additional details on SNMP conguration, see the operating system
documentation.
Sever Administrator SNMP Install Actions
Server Administrator SNMP communicates with the SNMP agent using the SMUX protocol. When Server Administrator SNMP connects
to the SNMP agent, it sends an object identier to the SNMP agent to identify itself as a SMUX peer. This object identier must be
congured with the SNMP agent, therefore, Server Administrator adds the following line to the SNMP agent conguration le, /etc/snmp/
snmpd.conf, during installation if it does not exist:
smuxpeer .1.3.6.1.4.1.674.10892.1
Enabling SNMP Access From Remote Hosts
The default SNMP agent conguration on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating systems gives read-only access to the entire MIB tree
for the public community from the local host only. This conguration does not allow SNMP management applications such as OpenManage
Essentials running on other hosts to discover and manage Server Administrator systems properly. If Server Administrator detects this
conguration during installation, it logs a message to the operating system log le, /var/log/messages, to indicate that SNMP access is
restricted to the local host. You must congure the SNMP agent to enable SNMP access from remote hosts if you plan to manage the
system by using SNMP management applications from remote hosts.
NOTE
: For security reasons, it is advisable to restrict SNMP access to specic remote hosts if
possible.
20 Setup And Administration