Configuring and Starting the SDX SNMP Agent > Operating the SNMP Agent

Operating the SNMP Agent

The SDX SNMP agent can act as a subagent to any AgentX-enabled master agent that is running.

You must configure the SNMP agent and then manually start the agent. If you attempt to manually start the SNMP agent before it is configured, the software displays a message that the agent has not been configured and cannot start.

The SNMP agent automatically restarts in the event of a host reboot or process failure that stops the agent.

Starting the SDX SNMP Agent

Before you start the SDX SNMP agent, you must do the following:

1. Start the installed directory server as described in Chapter 7, Defining an Initial Configuration.
2. Configure the SDX SNMP agent as described in Configuring the SNMP Agent.

You must manually start the SDX SNMP agent the first time it runs. Thereafter, the agent automatically restarts.

To start the SNMP agent:

1. On the SNMP agent host, log in as root or as an authorized nonroot admin user.
2. Start the SNMP agent from its installation directory.

/opt/UMC/agent/etc/smagent start

The system responds with a start message. If the SNMP agent is already running, the system responds with a warning message indicating that fact.

Stopping the SDX SNMP Agent

To stop the SNMP agent:

1. On the SNMP agent host, log in as root or as an authorized nonroot admin user.
2. Stop the SNMP agent from its installation directory.

/opt/UMC/agent/etc/smagent stop

The system responds with a stop message. If the SNMP agent is not running when you issue the command, the software responds with a warning message indicating that fact.