Initial SNMP Testing
Simple Network Management Using Net-SNMP and ftlSNMP
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N O T E S
1. Net-SNMP and ftlSNMP do not require the SNMP
NMS, and the package does not provide one. Choice,
installation, and configuration of the SNMP NMS is
your responsibility.
2. The SRA-ftLinux-MIB file is only useful for managing
ftServer LInux-based systems.
Initial SNMP Testing
On a system with an SNMP-aware NMS, you start the NMS before starting SNMP
servers.
Start the master agent and the ftlSNMP subagents by typing:
# start_snmp
After this command completes, master agent and subagent processes with the names
snmpd
,
ftlsubagent
, and
ftltrapsubagent
should be running. Verify this:
# ps -aux | grep
snmnp
# ps -aux | grep ftl
In this command,
process
is one of the process names listed above. Any errors or
warnings generated during the startup script’s execution are posted to
syslog
and
stderr
. See ‘‘
Deploying SNMP Agents and Subagents’’ on page 8-145
for the default
destinations of messages logged by the master agent and subagent processes and
‘‘
The
ftlsubagent.conf
and
ftltrapsubagent.conf
Files’’ on page 8-133
for
information on how to change the location of the subagent logs.
Note that there are many other commands available for managing Net-SNMP and
ftlSNMP. See ‘‘
ftlSNMP Management Commands’’ on page 8-137
and
ftlsnmp_scripts
(8) for descriptions of other commands, and read comments in the script
files.
To terminate these processes, run the
stop_snmp
command.
Initial Testing of
ftltrapsubagent
The
ftltrapsubagent.conf
file allows you to control trap filtering. For detailed
information about controlling trap filtering, see ‘‘
Trap Filtering’’ on page 8-161
.
To perform initial testing of
ftltrapsubagent
, determine which system enclosure
can be safely brought down.
