SNMP Configuration and Management Manual

Contents
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1. The NonStop SNMP Environment (continued)
1. The NonStop SNMP Environment (continued)
Traps 1-14
Architectural Overview of NonStop SNMP 1-14
RFC Compliance 1-17
Related Documents 1-18
2. Installing and Configuring the SNMP Agent
Installation 2-1
Before You Configure the SNMP Agent Operations Environment 2-1
Initialization Tasks 2-3
The Default SNMP Agent 2-3
The SNMPCTL File 2-6
Configure the SNMCTL File to Control the SNMP Agent 2-6
RUN Command 2-7
Special Considerations for Users of Logical Network Partitions (LNPs) 2-12
Startup Parameter Summary 2-13
WARM | COLD Custom Configuration Parameters for the RUN Command 2-14
The SNMPCTL File and TRAPPORT 2-16
PARAM Statements’ Custom Configuration for the RUN Command 2-16
Using SCF to Configure Components of the SNMP Agent Environment 2-16
SNMP Agent Process 2-16
Security 2-16
Request/Response Connections 2-17
Trap Connections 2-17
Trap Port 2-17
Configuring the SNMP Agent Through SNMP Requests 2-17
Request/Response Connections 2-17
Trap Connections 2-17
Authentication Table Entries 2-17
Managing Configuration Definitions Through SNMP 2-18
Single-Node and Multiple-Node Scenarios 2-19
Starting Multiple SNMP Agents on Each Node 2-23
Stopping the SNMP Agent 2-24
Configuring the EMS Collector 2-25
Using the COLLECTOR Startup Parameter 2-26
Using the SCF ALTER PROCESS Command 2-26
Configuring Security 2-26
Authenticating Requests Received Over TCP/IP 2-26
Authenticating Requests Received Using the IPC Interface 2-31