HP PCIe IO Accelerators for ProLiant Servers - Manual (Page 32)

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Setting up SNMP for Linux
Use the following procedures to set up SNMP for Linux.
SNMP details for Linux
The fio-snmp-agentx SNMP agent is an RFC 2741-compliant AgentX sub-agent. Optionally, you can
use any RFC-compliant SNMP agent. The master SNMP agent defers queries to fio-snmp-agentx for
supported MIBs.
SNMP master agent
The fio-snmp-agentx, provided in the fio-snmp-hp-mib package, requires an already-installed
SNMP master agent. The SNMP master agent must support and be configured for AgentX connections.
For more information, see http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2741.txt ( http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2741.txt ). The
fio-snmp-agentx is tested and verified with net-snmp, which is the typical SNMP agent provided
with most Linux distributions.
Many agents are available to support this functionality. If you choose to use net-snmp, then use the
instructions in the following sections to configure and launch it.
Launching the SNMP master agent
Install the net-snmp package using the package manager for your version of Linux. The Linux installer
for the IO Accelerator places MIB files in the /usr/share/fio directory.
Red Hat
Use the following command to install Net-SNMP on Red Hat:
yum install net-snmp
Other Linux versions
Use the standard system package manager to install the net-snmp package on your Linux distribution.
The Linux IO Accelerator installer places MIB files in the /usr/share/fio/mib directory.
Configuring the SNMP master agent
Configure the Net-SNMP master agent daemon to set the network communications parameters, security,
and other options using the snmpd.conf text file. The location of this file is system-dependent. Often, it is
located in the /etc/snmp or /usr/share/snmp directory.
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:705