IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II, User Manual

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Note: If you plan to configure Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) traps
on the Remote Supervisor Adapter II, you must install and compile the
management information base (MIB) on your SNMP manager. The MIB
supports SNMP traps. The MIB is included in the Remote Supervisor Adapter
II firmware update package that you downloaded from the IBM Support Web
site.
To configure SNMP, complete the following steps:
1. Log in to the Remote Supervisor Adapter II where you want to configure
SNMP. For more information, see Chapter 2, “Opening and using the Web
interface,” on page 5.
2. In the navigation pane, click System Settings . In the ASM information page
that is displayed, specify system contact and system location information. For
information about the System Settings page, see “Setting system information”
on page 12.
3. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click Save .
4. In the navigation pane, click Network Protocols . A page similar to the one in
the following illustration is displayed.
5. Select Enabled in the SNMP agent and SNMP traps fields to forward alerts to
SNMP communities on your network. To enable the SNMP agent, the following
criteria must be met:
v System contacts must be specified on the System Settings page. For
information about the System Settings page settings, see “Setting system
information” on page 12.
v
System location must be specified on the System Settings page.
v At least one community name must be specified.
v
At least one valid IP address or host name (if DNS is enabled) must be
specified for that community.
Note: Alert recipients whose notification method is SNMP will not receive
alerts unless both the SNMP agent and the SNMP traps fields are set
to Enabled .
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