SNMP settings needed or advised on monitored 2003 server with HPSIM5.1

[wickman]

What do I need to set in SNMP on a monitored server? What should I set? I used to think I needed to set different read and write community strigs but is there other things?
Thanks,
Eric

[NJK-Work]

Opinions vary I guess :)

I always set a READ and WRITE string on my servers. But from what I remember, I think only a READ string is needed. The WRITE string is used internally by the agents and is never broadcast across the network (at least by the HP stuff) - so maybe it is needed but only for certain functions.

Anyway - I am not 100% sure on this, but I believe this is correct.

Nelson

[Rob Buxton]

You can get by with RO community name for discovery.
I think you need a RW community name when you want to set the thresholds in the agents.

The other items are an entry for localhost and the HPSIM Server in the Allowed Hosts field.

[Michigan Dave]

Also, if you create a read-only string and do a configure or repair on a server, it will create a unique read-write string for you.