Preface

This guide describes the Sun SNMP Management Agent, which supports management of hardware using the Simple Network Management Protocol. The Management Agent provides monitoring of inventory, configuration, service indicators, and environmental and fault reporting.

It is intended to be read by experienced enterprise administrators and professional developers.

The Guide is divided into two parts:



Note - This document describes features and functionality found in version 1.4 of the software. Refer to the Sun SNMP Management Agent for Sun Fire and Netra Systems: Release Notes, part number 817-2667, for the latest information.




How This Document Is Organized

The Guide contains the following chapters:

P A R T I - Installation and Configuration

Chapter 1 provides an overview of the software.

Chapter 2 describes how to install the management software.

Chapter 3 provides information about the user configurable files.

Chapter 5 explains how to uninstall the software.

Chapter 4 provides help in troubleshooting your software.

Chapter 6 provides platform-specific information for the supported platforms.

P A R T II - Technical Description and Functionality

Chapter 7 provides a brief introduction to the essential features of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).

Chapter 8 provides an overview of how SNMP models the hardware platform.

Chapter 9 describes how the managed objects and their relationships are presented by the SNMP interface.

Chapter 10 describes the sunPlat physical class hierarchy and how the managed physical object classes defined in the sunPlat model are represented by the
SUN-PLATFORM-MIB.

Chapter 11 describes the notifications classes and attributes, as defined in the
SUN-PLATFORM-MIB.


Using UNIX Commands

This document might not contain information about basic UNIX® commands and procedures such as shutting down the system, booting the system, and configuring devices. Refer to the following for this information:

http://docs.sun.com


Shell Prompts


Shell

Prompt

C shell

machine-name%

C shell superuser

machine-name#

Bourne shell and Korn shell

$

Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser

#



Typographic Conventions


Typeface[1]

Meaning

Examples

AaBbCc123

The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output

Edit your.login file.

Use ls -a to list all files.

% You have mail.

AaBbCc123

What you type, when contrasted with on-screen computer output

% su

Password:

AaBbCc123

Book titles, new words or terms, words to be emphasized. Replace command-line variables with real names or values.

Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide.

These are called class options.

You must be superuser to do this.

To delete a file, type rm filename.



Related Documentation

The documents listed as online are available at:

http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/


Application

Title

Part Number

Format

Location

Sun FireV210 and V240 Platforms

Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Installation Guide

Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Administration Guide

816-4825

816-4826

PDF/HTML

PDF/HTML

Online

Sun Fire V215 and V245 Platforms

Sun Fire V215 and V245 Servers Installation Guide

Sun Fire V215 and V245 Servers Administration Guide

Sun Fire V215 and V245 Servers Service Guide

819-3037

819-3036

819-3039

PDF

Online

Sun Fire V250 Platform

Sun Fire V250 Server Installation Guide

Sun Fire V250 Server Administration Guide

817-0899

817-0900

PDF

Online

Sun Fire V440 Platform

Sun Fire V440 Server Installation Guide

Sun Fire V440 Server Administration Guide

816-7727

816-7728

PDF

Online

Sun Fire V445 Platform

Sun Fire V445 Server Installation Guide

Sun Fire V445 Server Administration Guide

Sun Fire V445 Server Service Manual

819-3743

819-3741

819-3742

PDF

Online

Sun Fire V1280 and Netra 1280 Platforms

Sun Fire V1280/Netra 1280 Systems Installation Guide

Sun Fire V1280/Netra 1280 Systems Administration Guide

Sun Fire V1280/Netra 1280 Systems Service Manual

817-3334

817-0509

 

817-0510

PDF

Online

Netra 210 Platform

Netra 210 Server System Administration Guide

Netra 210 Server Service Manual

819-2749

819-2750

PDF

Online

Netra 240 Platform

Netra 240 Server Installation Guide

Netra 240 Server System Administration Guide

Sun SNMP Management Agent Addendum for the Netra 240 Server

817-2698

817-2700

817-6238

PDF/HTML PDF/HTML

HTML

 

Online

Netra 440 Platform

Netra 440 Server Installation Guide

Netra 440 Server System Administration Guide

Sun SNMP Management Agent Addendum for the Netra 440 Server

817-3882

817-3884

817-6832

PDF/HTML

PDF/HTML

HTML

Online

Netra 1290 Platform

Netra 1290 Server Installation Guide

Netra 1290 Server System Administration Guide

819-4372

819-4374

PDF

PDF

 



Documentation, Support, and Training


Sun Function

URL

Documentation

http://www.sun.com/documentation/

Support

http://www.sun.com/support/

Training

http://www.sun.com/training/



Third-Party Web Sites

Sun is not responsible for the availability of third-party web sites mentioned in this document. Sun does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products, or other materials that are available on or through such sites or resources. Sun will not be responsible or liable for any actual or alleged damage or loss caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any such content, goods, or services that are available on or through such sites or resources.


Sun Welcomes Your Comments

Sun is interested in improving its documentation and welcomes your comments and suggestions. You can submit your comments by going to:

http://www.sun.com/hwdocs/feedback

Please include the title and part number of your document with your feedback:

Sun SNMP Management Agent for Sun Fire and Netra Systems, part number 817-2559-16


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