HP MSR Encryption Accelerators - Manual (Page 28)

Setting up SNMP for Linux 28
To install Net-SNMP on Red Hat, use the following command:
yum install net-snmp rsync
Other Linux versions
To install the Net-SNMP package on your Linux distribution, use the standard system package manger. The
fio-snmp-mib package places MIB files in /usr/share/fio/mib directory.
Configuring the SNMP master agent
You can configure the Net-SNMP master agent daemon to set the network communications parameters,
security, and other options by using the snmpd.conf text file. The location of this file is system-dependent
and customarily found in the following directory:
/etc/snmp or /usr/share/snmp.
A simple snmpd configuration file might include the following:
# set standard SNMP variables
syslocation "Data room, third rack"
syscontact [email protected]
# required to enable the AgentX protocol
master agentx
agentxsocket tcp:localhost:16101
#set the port that the agent listens on (defaults to 161)
agentaddress 161
# simple access control (some form of access control is required)
rocommunity public
Running the Master Agent
After you install and configure the master agent, you must start or restart the snmpd daemon for the new
parameters to take effect. You can run snmpd from the installed location (customarily located in the
/usr/sbin directory. For options, see the snmpd manpage). To run properly, the snmpd daemon typically
needs root privileges. You can also use the snmpd startup script in the
/etc/init.d or /etc/rc.d/init.d directory. For additional security, use the advanced SNMPv3
access control instead of the rocommunity and rwcommunity access control directives as outlined in the
relevant manpage.
SNMP agentX subagent
CAUTION: The SNMP agent requires the libvsl RPM package. Install this agent as part of the
IO Accelerator installation. For more information, contact HP Support
(
http://www.hp.com/support ).
Installing the SNMP subagent
1. The SNMP package is part of the overall software package previously installed. Download the IO
Accelerator Linux packages from the HP website (
http://www.hp.com/support ).