To Start the System Management Agent

Once the svcadm command has launched the System Management Agent on your system, the snmpd daemon always starts at boot time during the Solaris system boot. If you are using other agents, you might want to prevent the snmpd daemon from starting at boot time, which initializes the System Management Agent. If you want to prevent the snmpd daemon from starting at boot time, see To Prevent The System Management Agent Initializing at Boot Time.

1. As root, start the SMA service.

   # svcadm enable svc:/application/management/sma:default

2. Check whether errors occurred in attempting to start the System Management Agent by examining the /var/log/snmpd.log file.

   If the log file reports that the port 161 is occupied, follow the procedure described in To Check Whether Another Process Is Running on the SMA Port.