Linux SNMP agent config with HP SIM 4.0

[Brian Rowe_1]

I have three Linux systems I'm trying to get some base info on via HP SIM 4 (SUSE 9.0, Red Hat 9.0 and Slackware 9.1) - I'm only looking for base up/down and OS info (for reporting). The SUSE 9.0 client is showing up as "Server" with "LINUX" as the OS (good enough). The RH and Slackware clients show as "Unknown", and I've confirmed that the SNMP settings on all three are the same (rocommunity, rwcommunity etc).
One thing I've noticed is that the SysObjectID on the SUSE box is "enterprises.2021.250.10", but the RH and Slackware box lists "enterprises.8072.3.2.10" - a pattern? thx for any help.

[David Claypool]

If you're not going to be using the ProLiant Linux Support Pack (unavailable for Slackware) your best bet is to use WBEM services.

[Brian Rowe_1]

Just found out that I might also be able to get around this by adding a new "System Type" - the 2021 ID is for UCD-SNMP (v4) and is listed by default in HP SIM 4. The 8072 ID is for NET-SNMP (v5) and has no listing, so I will create one. This will at show the systems as Linux Servers. Thx again.