SNMP Configuration and Management Manual

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Installing and Configuring the SNMP
Agent
The section tells you how to install, start, and stop the SNMP agent and how to
configure the following:
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SNMPCTL file (The SNMPCTL File on page 2-6)
•
Multiple SNMP agents per node Starting Multiple SNMP Agents on Each Node on
page 2-23)
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EMS collector (Configuring the EMS Collector on page 2-25)
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Security (Configuring Security on page 2-26)
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TCP/IP request/response connections (Configuring TCP/IP Request/Response
Connections on page 2-34)
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Trap destinations (Configuring Trap Destinations on page 2-38)
Installation
The SNMP agent is delivered ready to be installed and started without any custom
configuration.
You install the SNMP agent using the Distributed Systems Management/Software
Configuration Manager DSM/SCM product. The SNMP agent program file is installed
on your system as:
$SYSTEM.SYSTEM.SNMPAGT
Refer to the DSM/SCM User’s Guide for complete software installation information.
The device type for the SNMP agent is 31.
Before You Configure the SNMP Agent
Operations Environment
To configure SNMP you must get the following information from the person responsible
for the SNMP agent and from the person responsible for the SNMP manager with
Note. For G-series or later releases of the NonStop Kernel, DSM/SCM replaces the Install
program as the standard tool for installing and managing new software.