The SNNP/XL product is shipped with a skeleton configuration
file, SNMPSAMP.NET.SYS. When the system is started, SNMP is automatically
launched. The first time this is done, the product copies the SNMPSAMP
file to the SNMPCONF file and initializes the configuration from
the new SNMPCONF file. This file contains the configuration information
for the HP SNMP/XL subsystem. Initially, SNMPSAMP looks like this:
File Name: SNMPSAMP.NET.SYS
#
# $Revision: 5.1.1.2 $
#
# snmp/xl reads this configuration information from this file upon
# execution.
#
# When the SNMP/XL subsystem starts up, if the file SNMPCONF.NET.SYS does not
# exist,this file SNMPSAMP.NET.SYS, is copied to SNMPCONF.NET.SYS so that the
# SNMP/XL subsystem may successfully start.
#
# Enter appropriate values after the following keywords.
#
# agent-community-name:
# trap-dest:
# location:
# contact:
#
# agent-community-name: enter community name for the snmp agent. The
# agent will respond to any SNMP requests using this community name.
# If a community name is not entered, the agent will respond to get
# requests using any community name.
#
# example: to restrict the agent to only respond to get requests
# using the community name "secret," enter:
#
# agent-community-name: secret
#
# trap-dest: enter the system name where traps will be sent. This system
# name is usually the hostname or IP address of the management station.
#
# example: to send the traps to system names "manager1," and
# "15.2.113.223," enter:
#
# trap-dest: manager1
# trap-dest: 15.2.113.223
#
# location: enter the physical location of the agent/system.
#
# example:if the agent is on the first floor near the west elevator, enter:
#
# location: 1st Floor near west elevator
#
# contact: enter the person responsible for this agent, together with
# information on how to contact this person.
#
# example: if Bob Jones is responsible for this agent, and his
# phone number is 555-2000, enter
#
# contact: Bob Jones (Phone 555-2000)
#
##
agent-community-name: # enter a community name
trap-dest: # enter a system name where traps will be sent
location: # enter location of agent
contact: # enter contact person and how to contact this person |
The SNMPCONF file should be the primary configuration file.
This file can be modified with any standard editor and reloaded
via the UPDATECONFIG command described in Chapter 3 “Using SNMPUTIL” You
should add the agent-community-name, trap-dests,
location, and contact information
to this file.
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a consistent manner with the SNMP network management station and
applications. For example, both the agent and manager should have
the same agent-community-name. The IP address
of the trap-dest should be that of the management
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If you do not add any information to this skeleton file before
starting up the SNMP agent, then the agent-community-name, trap-dests, location,
and contact remain unconfigured. This means
that:
The agent-community-name is
NULL. No inbound packets are excluded on the basis of community
name.
The location and contact is
NULL. An attempt to retrieve the MIB object for location or contact
results in an SNMP response being returned, indicating that they
are NULL.
No traps are sent from this agent as long as no
trap-destinations are configured.
If you want to add any new information to the configuration
file, once the product has been started, you must edit the SNMPCONF
file and execute the command SNMPCONTROL UPDATECONFIG. Or, you can shut down the product, edit the SNMPCONF
file, and restart the product so that the new SNMPCONF file is read.
