HP T9576G06, Management Manual

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Installing and Configuring the SNMP Agent
SNMP Configuration and Management Manual — 424777-006
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Single-Agent Connections
Single-Agent Connections
When only one SNMP agent uses a TCP/IP process, defining the request/response
connection is straightforward. Use the default host address value and ensure that at
least one subnet is available to handle communication with the SNMP managers. You
can issue SCF INFO and STATUS commands against the TCP/IP subsystem SUBNET
object to find out about the availability of subnets. For example:
info subnet $ztc0.*
TCPIP Info SUBNET \WEST.$ZTC0.*
Name Devicename *IPADDRESS TYPE *SUBNETMASK
#LOOP0 \NOSYS.$NOIOP 127.0.0.1 LOOP-BACK %HFF000000
#SUBNET1 \WEST.LAN1 130.252.88.1 ETHERNET %HFFFF0000
#SUBNET2 \WEST.LAN2 130.252.87.1 ETHERNET %HFFFF0000
status subnet $ztc0.#subnet2
TCPIP Status SUBNET \WEST.$ZTC0.#SUBNET2
Name Status
#SUBNET2 STARTED
Multiple-Agent Connections
If the same TCP/IP subsystem is handling SNMP agent/manager communication for
more than one SNMP agent process, each SNMP agent must either be reached
through a separate Internet address or must be configured at startup to use a unique
port. You must configure nonoverlapping host address values in request/response
connection definitions.
If a request/response connection has been defined to use the full wild-card
specification (0.0.0.0) to refer to all Internet addresses associated with a particular
TCP/IP process, and you want to start another SNMP agent process to be reached
through the same TCP/IP process, you must configure nonoverlapping host address
values in the two SNMP agents’ request/response connection definitions.