Installation and Startup

This chapter assumes that the reader is familiar with Unix and its commands. For more detailed information about the Unix commands used in the following procedures, consult the Solaris manual.

Installation

To install the StrataView Plus SNMP Proxy Agent, perform the following steps:

1. Make sure that the Solaris Operating System and the StrataView Plus software are installed and working properly.
   
   
2. The Proxy Agent software is distributed on a tape cartridge. Insert the tape.
   
   
3. At the login screen, log into the system as root by typing:
   

root [Enter]
<password> [Enter]

1. Install the proxy agent by typing:
   

cd /usr/users/svplus [Enter] tar xvpf /dev/rst0 [Enter] INSTALL_AGENT [Enter]

The following binary files will be installed in the /usr/usr/svplus/bin directory:

SNMPAgent
ConnProxy
PortProxy
RTMProxy
DASProxy

1. From the StrataView Plus Main Menu, restart SV+ with 1) Start SV+ and start the Proxy Agent with 5) Start SNMP Agent.
   

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Note If StrataView Plus is not installed on your SNMP manager station, you must load the trap file called StrataCom_trapd.com.

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This file is available on the SV+ Workstation in the following directory:

 /usr/users/svplus/OV/conf/C directory.

From your SNMP manager execute:

 /usr/OV/bin/xnmevents -load /usr/StrataCom_trapd.conf

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Note You can copy StrataCom_trapd.conf to any directory on your SNMP manager and the above directory is used only as an example.

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The Network and Service MIBs are described in Appendix A and Appendix B. Both are contained as files on the Proxy Agent distribution diskette. For the SNMP manager to have access to the contents of the MIBs, the StrataView MIB should be compiled on the target SNMP manager. See your SNMP manager documentation for details of the MIB compilation process.Configuration

Both the SNMP Agent and SNMP Proxy have configuration files.

Agent Configuration

The Agent configuration file is ~svplus/config/SNMPAgent.conf.

The UDP port used for SNMP Requests can be configured in this file.

Syntax:	TRANSPORT	SPECIAL SNMP
		OVER UDP SOCKET
		AT PORT 8161

PORT 8161 is the default UDP port. It may be changed to match your system's requirements.

After changing the UDP port, you must send SIGHUP to the SNMPAgent process to make it re-read the configuration file.

Proxy Configuration

The Proxy configuration file is ~svplus/config/SNMPProxy.conf.

The community strings are configured in this file. Since community strings are used as an index in the Node MIB and Event MIBs, RtmProxy does not require this configuration file. Only ConnProxy (connGroup MIB), PortProxy (portGroup MIB) and DasProxy (insDAS MIB) use these community strings for authentication.

Syntax:	GET_COMMUNITY	public
	SET_COMMUNITY	private

The Proxy Agent defaults are GET = public and SET = private.

The Proxy reads the configuration file only at start-up. If you make any changes to configuration file, you must restart the Proxy (that is, ConnProxy, DasProxy, and PortProxy) to get the new configuration.

Startup

Before starting the Proxy Agent, StrataView Plus must be started.

To start the Proxy Agent manually, choose the Start SNMP Agent option on the StrataView Plus Startup screen. Details may be found in the StrataView Plus Operations Manual (Release 8.4).