snmpd(1M) (Sun Enterprise 10000 SSP 3.5 Reference Manual)

Sun Enterprise 10000 SSP 3.5 Reference Manual

snmpd(1M)

NAME

snmpd- SNMP proxy agent for Sun Enterprise 10000 platform

SYNOPSIS

snmpd

-h

-p

port

-X

CAUTION

Do not execute this daemon manually; it is automatically invoked. snmpd(1M) is a platform type server. An instance of snmpd is periodically invoked by the SSP startup script for each platform being managed and monitored for restart.

DESCRIPTION

snmpd(1M) is an SNMPv1 (Simple Network Management Protocol, Version 1) proxy agent for the Sun Enterprise 10000 system. See the Sun Enterprise 10000 MIB (Management Information Base) definition file, $SSPETC/snmp/Ultra-Enterprise-10000.mib, for a defined list of objects serviced by this agent.

snmpd(1M) supports the SNMP requests set(1), get(1) and getnext(1) .

Each instance of snmpd(1M) allocates its own communications port and registers with machine_server(1M). Other SNMP managers wishing to communicate with a specific SNMP agent must also use machine_server(1M) to find the port number assigned to the agent. Some number of UDP ports are reserved for this purpose in the /etc/services file.

For Sun Enterprise 10000 MIB information that is SSP-resident, snmpd(1M) relies on the file access daemon, fad(1M), to supply the information. Sun Enterprise 10000 MIB information that corresponds to system resources is retrieved by using the control board server, cbs(1M).

OPTIONS

The following options are supported:

-h: Prints a short summary of snmpd(1M) command line options.
-p port: Use the specified UDP port for incoming SNMP requests. If -p is not specified, the first instance of snmpd(1M) allocates UDP port 5050 for communication. Subsequent instances allocate arbitrary UDP ports. If Solstice Enterprise Agent (SEA or snmpdx) is not running, snmpd(1M) also listens to the standard SNMP port number, 161, machine_server(1M) daemon for port assignment.
-X: Do not daemonize snmpd. Keep the process running in the foreground. This option is used for debugging. When this option is not being used, snmpd(1M) sends stdout and stderr output to /var/tmp/snmdp/snmpd.log.

FILES

The following files are supported:

$SSPETC/snmp/agt/Ultra-Enterprise-10000.snmpd.cnf: Configuration file
$SSPETC/snmp/Ultra-Enterprise-10000.mib: Sun Enterprise 10000 MIB definition file
$SSPETC/snmp/Ultra-Enterprise-10000.dat: Sun Enterprise 10000 MIB data file
$SSPVAR/pids/snmpd-platform_name.pid: Process ID file
$SSPETC/snmp/sea/ssp_snmp.reg: Solstice Enterprise Agent registration for SSP snmpd(1M)
$SSPETC/snmp/sea/ssp_snmp.rsrc: Solstice Enterprise Agent resource file for SSP snmpd(1M)
/var/tmp/snmpd/core: Core file, if any, for snmpd(1M)
/var/tmp/snmpd/snmpd.log: Log file that stores stdout and stderr messages unless redirected to the screen. The -X option redirects stdout and stderr messages to the screen.
/var/tmp/snmpd/snmpd.stats: Usage statistics file for snmpd. This file is generated whenever the snmpd daemon receives the SIGUSR1 signal. (For example, "kill --USR1 551", where 551 is the process ID of snmpd(1M) .) This file contains the number of gets, sets, and traps since the snmpd(1M) process began or since it last received a SIGUSR1 signal.