E.0 Installing and Configuring the Windows SNMP Service

This section provides you with information on installing and configuring the SNMP service on Windows 2000/2003 servers.

To install and configure SNMP on Windows 2000/2003:

  1. To install the SNMP service:

    1. In the Control Panel, select Add/Remove Programs.

    2. Open Add/Remove Windows Components.

    3. In the Windows Components Wizard, double-click Management and Monitoring Tools.

    4. Select Simple Network Management Protocol.

    5. Click OK.

    6. Click Next.

      SNMP is started automatically after installation.

  2. To configure the SNMP Trap service to restart automatically:

    1. In the Control Panel, select Administrative Tools, then select Services.

    2. Click SNMP Trap Service, then click Startup.

    3. In the Startup Type options, select Automatic.

  3. To specify the trap community name and trap destination address so that the agent sends traps to the management server:

    1. In the Control Panel, select Administrative Tools, then click Services.

    2. Double-click SNMP Service to open the SNMP Service Properties dialog box.

    3. Click the Traps tab on this dialog box.

    4. Select a name from the Community Names box, then click Add.

      The Add button is disabled if there are no community names available.

    5. If the public community name is not present, enter public.

    6. Click Add.

    7. Use the Trap Destinations box to add other DNS names and IP addresses in addition to the loopback IP address for the workstations or servers that should receive traps.

    8. Click OK.

  4. To set the SNMP security options trap community name so that SNMP packets from any host are accepted by the agent:

    1. In the Control Panel, select Administrative Tools, then click Services.

    2. Double-click SNMP Service.

    3. Click Properties.

    4. Click the Security tab.

    5. In the Accepted Community Names box, click Add.

    6. Select a name from the Community Name box, or type public.

      The Accepted Community Names list displays the community names from which Windows 2000/2003 accepts requests.

    7. Click Add.

    8. Select Accept SNMP Packets from Any Host, then click OK.

IMPORTANT:After installing the SNMP services, you should reinstall the Windows service packs again.