IBM Partner Pavilion Remote Supervisor Adapter User Manual

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4. In the navigation pane, click Network Protocols. A window similar to the one

in the following illustration opens.

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 14.

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.

6. Set up a community to define the administrative relationship between SNMP

agents and SNMP managers. You must define at least one community. Each
community definition consists of the following parameters:

v

Name

v

IP address

If either of these parameters is not correct, SNMP management access is not
granted.

Note: If an error message window opens, make the necessary adjustments to

the fields listed in the error window. Then, scroll to the bottom of the

Chapter 3. Configuring your Remote Supervisor Adapter or ASM processor

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