Solaris System Management Agent Administration Guide

Appendix A Tools and Man Pages

This appendix describes the various tools and man pages that are available in the System Management Agent.

Tools and Utilities Configuration File

In the System Management Agent, as in the standard Net-SNMP implementation, configuration of the available tools and utilities is done through the snmp.conf configuration file. The snmp.conf configuration file is located at /etc/sma/snmp/.

Before modifying the snmp.conf configuration file, read Configuration Files and Scripts. Ensure also that you read the snmp_config(4) and snmp.conf(4) man pages in that order.

The snmp.conf configuration file supports the directives listed in the snmp.conf man page. If you store sensitive information in this file, ensure that you set the permissions so that the file is readable only by the user.

Man Pages

This section lists all the man pages that are associated with the System Management Agent. The man pages are listed in tables, which are organized by the type of content:

The following table lists man pages for general SNMP information.

Table A–1 Man Pages for General SNMP Topics


Man Page	Description
netsnmp(5)	Gives an overview of the Net-SNMP implementation included in the Solaris software. Also available as the sma_snmp(5) man page.
snmpcmd(1M)	Describes the common options for Net-SNMP commands.
snmp_variables(4)	Discusses the format that must be used to specify variable names to Net-SNMP commands.

The following table lists the man pages for Net-SNMP command tools.

Table A–2 Man Pages for SNMP Tools


Man page	Tool Description
mib2c(1M)	The `mib2c` tool uses nodes in a MIB definition file to produce two C code template files to use as a basis for a MIB module.
snmpbulkget(1M)	The `snmpbulkget` utility is an SNMP application that uses the SNMP GETBULK operation to send information to a network manager.
snmpbulkwalk(1M)	The `snmpbulkwalk` utility is an SNMP application that uses SNMP GETBULK requests to query a network entity efficiently for a tree of information.
snmpget(1M)	The `snmpget` utility is an SNMP application that uses the SNMP GET request to query for information on a network entity.
snmpgetnext(1M)	The `snmpgetnext` utility is an SNMP application that uses the SNMP GETNEXT request to query for information on a network entity.
snmpinform(1M)	The `snmpinform` command invokes the `snmptrap` utility, which is an SNMP application that uses the SNMP TRAP operation to send information to a network manager.
snmpnetstat(1M)	The `snmpnetstat` command symbolically displays the values of various network-related information retrieved from a remote system using the SNMP protocol.
snmpset(1M)	The `snmpset` utility is an SNMP application that uses the SNMP SET request to set information on a network entity.
snmptrap(1M)	The `snmptrap` utility is an SNMP application that uses the SNMP TRAP operation to send information to a network manager.
snmpusm(1M)	The `snmpusm` utility is an SNMP application that can be used to do simple maintenance on an SNMP agent's User-based Security Module (USM) table.
snmpvacm(1M)	The `snmpvacm` utility is a SNMP application that can be used to do maintenance on an SNMP agent's View-based Access Control Module (VACM) table.
snmpwalk(1M)	The `snmpwalk` utility is an SNMP application that uses SNMP GETNEXT requests to query a network entity for a tree of information.
snmpdf(1M)	The `snmpdf` command is a networked version of the `df` command. `snmpdft` checks the disk space on the remote machine by examining the HOST-RESOURCES-MIB's `hrStorageTable` or the UCD-SNMP-MIB's `dskTable`.
snmpdelta(1M)	The `snmpdelta` utility monitors the specified integer valued OIDs. The utility reports changes over time.
snmptable(1m)	The `snmptable` utility is an SNMP application that repeatedly uses the SNMP GETNEXT or GETBULK requests to query for information on a network entity.
snmptest(1M)	The `snmptest` utility is a flexible SNMP application that can monitor and manage information on a network entity. The utility uses a command-line interpreter to enable you to send different types of SNMP requests to target agents.
snmptranslate(1m)	The `snmptranslate` utility is an application that translates one or more SNMP object identifier values from their symbolic, textual forms into their numerical forms. The application also translates one or more SNMP object identifier values from their numerical forms into their symbolic, textual forms.
snmpstatus(1)	The `snmpstatus` command is an SNMP application that retrieves several important statistics from a network entity.

The following table lists the man pages associated with configuration files that are used by the Net-SNMP agent.

Table A–3 Man Pages for SNMP Configuration Files


Man Page	Description
snmp_config(4)	Provides an overview of the Net-SNMP configuration files included with System Management Agent.
snmp.conf(4)	The file `snmp.conf` defines how the Net-SNMP applications such as `snmpget` or `snmpwalk` operate.
snmpd.conf(4)	The file `snmpd.conf` defines how the Net-SNMP agent operates.
snmptrapd.conf(4)	The file `snmptrapd.conf` defines how the Net-SNMP trap-receiving daemon, `snmptrapd`, operates when the daemon receives a trap.
snmpconf(1M)	The `snmpconf` utility is a script that asks you questions. The script creates an `snmpd.conf` configuration file that is based on your responses.

The following table lists the man pages for daemons that are associated with Net-SNMP.

Table A–4 Man Pages for SNMP Daemons


Man Page	Description
snmpd(1M)	The `snmpd` daemon is the SNMP agent. The daemon binds to a port and awaits requests from SNMP management software.
snmptrapd(1M)	The `snmptrapd` daemon is an SNMP application that receives and logs SNMP TRAP and INFORM messages.

Table A–5 Man Pages for Migration Scripts


Man Page	Description
masfcnv(1M)	The `masfcnv` migration script can be used to help you migrate an existing set of configuration files for Sun SNMP Management Agent for Sun Fire and Netra Systems to the SMA.