Scratch that question.... My snmpd wasn't polling the snmpd.conf file that I
wrote....
Thanks for the Doc!
-Brad Kramer
On 9/9/05 9:19 AM, "Brad Kramer" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Silly Question---
> Did you have to configure the box to let snmpd through? I have followed your
> steps, and added a few of my own, now I can see the snmpd process running,
> and see the open port.... But it doesn't listen to any requests...
> Any Ideas?
>
>
> On 9/6/05 4:45 PM, "Ryan Dorman" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Sure-
>>
>> 1. Log into your CAS as root
>>
>> 2. Run /usr/bin/snmpconf -g basic_setup
>>
>> 3. Follow the prompts and it will guide you through a basic SNMP
>> setup. I use this setup to provide CPU, Load, Interface Stats, Disk
>> usage (once you tell it which partition to monitor) and memory usage
>> using the built in templates in Cacti. If you are trying to get more
>> extensive data out of it let me know and I'll see if i can dig up
>> some docs.
>>
>> 4. After you run through that script you will have a file in the
>> directory you ran snmpconf called snmpd.conf copy that file into the /
>> usr/share/snmp directory
>>
>> 5. At this point you can just run /usr/sbin/snmpd and it will fork
>> to the background and start responding to requests.
>>
>> 6. On most RedHat systems you would run the snmp agent at boot by
>> playing with /etc/init.d scripts. The snmpd script was stripped out
>> by Cisco/Perfigo when they pared down the RedHat install. So the
>> "quick and dirty" method is to add it to the /etc/rc.local file which
>> us executed after all of the "proper" starup scripts. I'm not a vi
>> fan but that's the only text editor i could find installed on the CAS
>> so use that to add a line saying /usr/sbin/snmpd anywhere in the file.
>>
>> ****DISCLAIMER**** This is not a Cisco supported procedure. If they
>> add support for SNMP in the Web GUI it may break this or the GUI
>> support may not work until you undo the above procedure. This is a
>> hack! I have no clue what effect it will have on different hardware/
>> software configurations. I will be happy to answer any questions but
>> I take no responsibility for it breaking a production system. YOU
>> HAVE BEEN WARNED.
>>
>> Ryan Dorman, CCNP
>> Network Communications Specialist
>> Millersville University
>> 717.871.5883
>> [log in to unmask]
>>
>>
>> On Sep 6, 2005, at 4:33 PM, Hague, Jeff wrote:
>>
>>> Would you be willing to provide a little more detail for someone
>>> who is
>>> not all that Linux savvy?
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Jeff
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Ryan Dorman [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 4:24 PM
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Re: [PERFIGO] SNMP for the Clean Access Server?
>>>
>>> Since the CAS is based on redhat 7.2 it already has the SNMP packages
>>> installed. I just ran snmpconf, installed the snmpd.conf file into /
>>> usr/share/snmp and added /usr/sbin/snmpd to the /etc/rc.local
>>>
>>> Its been working pretty well
>>>
>>> Ryan Dorman, CCNP
>>> Network Communications Specialist
>>> Millersville University
>>> 717.871.5883
>>> [log in to unmask]
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sep 6, 2005, at 4:15 PM, Michael Grinnell wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> I don't believe it does out of the box. I'm looking into what it
>>>> will take to manually install snmpd. If you feel strongly about
>>>> this, please consider submitting a feature request to Cisco (cca-
>>>> [log in to unmask]).
>>>>
>>>> Michael Grinnell
>>>> Network Security Administrator
>>>> The American University
>>>> e-mail: [log in to unmask]
>>>>
>>>> On Sep 1, 2005, at 1:11 PM, Hague, Jeff wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Does anyone know if the Clean Access Server supports SNMP? I know
>>>>> the
>>>>> Clean Access Manager does but I don't see anywhere to enter SNMP
>>>>> info on
>>>>> the Server and when I query the server with Solar Winds, it
>>>>> reports that
>>>>> it doesn't respond with the community string entered.
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>> Jeff Hague
>>>>> Network Manager
>>>>> Randolph-Macon College
>>>>> Ashland, VA
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>
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> Bradley W. Kramer
> Network/Telecom Intern.
> Ashland University
> (419) 289-5630
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Ashland University
(419) 289-5630
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