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Anthony Maszeroski <[log in to unmask]>
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Perfigo SecureSmart and CleanMachines Discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 7 Sep 2005 09:24:23 -0400
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Have you had the opportunity to see if this persists through an upgrade yet?

At 04:45 PM 9/6/2005, you 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
>>>>
>>>
>>

- Anthony Maszeroski
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Network Security Specialist
The University of Scranton
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phone : 570-941-4226
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