SNMP Configuration and Management Manual

Installing and Configuring the SNMP Agent
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The Default SNMP Agent
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Sends event messages it generates to the EMS collector process $0 on the local
node.
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Forwards requests pertaining to managed resources other than those defined in
the System and SNMP MIB-II groups (which the SNMP agent itself processes) to
the appropriate subagent, and returns responses to the requesting manager.
The subagents to which the SNMP agent forwards requests are installed, started, and
configured separately from the SNMP agent. Defining the connection between the
subagent and the SNMP agent is part of the subagent’s configuration, not the SNMP
agent’s configuration. Section IV, SNMP Subagents, describes installing, starting, and
configuring the subagents that HP supports.
Figure 2-1 illustrates the default SNMP agent operating in an SNMP network
management environment.