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Using a Proxy SNMP Agent on UNIX
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Using a Proxy SNMP Agent on UNIX
If you want to use a native agent and the Netscape Console master agent
concurrently, you will need to set up a proxy agent. The proxy agent fields requests
from the Netscape master agent and then passes them on to the native agent. This
scenario is illustrated in Figure 11-2.
Figure 11-2 Using a Proxy Agent When You’re Running a Native SNMP Agent
• The native agent is running, SMUX is not
supported, and the system needs to
continue using native agent.
1. Install and start a proxy SNMP
agent.
2. Restart the native agent using a
port number that is different from
the master agent’s port number.
3. Start the master agent.
4. Enable the subagent for each server
installed on the system.
• The native agent is running and SMUX is
supported.
1. Reconfigure the SNMP native
agent.
2. Enable the subagent for each server
installed on the system.
Table 11-1 Overview of Procedures for Enabling SNMP Master Agents and Subagents
If your server meets these conditions... ... follow these procedures