Customizing the Management Agent for Windows NT Server

You can manually edit the following files to modify the default Management Agent for Windows NT configuration on a managed Windows NT server.

Management Agent for Windows NT Server .INI Files Description

N_NTFMW.INI

Allows you to specify IPX addresses that will be ignored and will not receive SNMP traps.

NTTRAP.INI

Specifies settings to troubleshoot your managed Windows NT servers and set trap filters to specify which Windows NT events are sent to the management system as SNMP traps.

See Controlling Alarm Generation for detailed information on configuring trap filters and trap generation.

N_NTTREN.INI

Specifies the initial values for the trends and thresholds supported by the Management Agent for Windows NT.

See Setting Default Trends and Thresholds for detailed information on modifying default trends and thresholds.

Configuring the Management Agent for Windows NT Server

By default, the Management Agent for Windows NT sends traps to SNMP Management console on IPX networks broadcasting the 0x026 Service Advertising Protocol (SAP) ID. You can edit the N_NTFMW.INI file to include the IPX addresses of SNMP Management console that you do not want to include as trap targets.

To add the IPX address of a SNMP Management console to omit as an automatic trap recipient:

  1. Open the N_NTFMW.INI file in a text editor.

  2. Add the IPX address for omitted SNMP Management console using the following syntax:

    xxxxxxxx.yyyyyyyyyyyy

    where xxxxxxxx is the net address and yyyyyyyyyyyy is the node address, such as 01014044.00001B4DDAFD.

  3. Save the file and restart the Management Agent for Windows NT.