TUT:DisMan Monitoring - Revision history

Wes: /* Getting Started */

2011-03-12T00:18:38Z

‎Getting Started

2011-03-11T23:47:04Z

‎Defining the Query Credentials

2011-03-11T21:42:34Z

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 == Getting Started ==
-=== Defining the Query Access Credentials ===
+=== Step 1: Defining the Query Access Credentials ===
 The internal monitoring actually makes its internal queries through SNMP itself.  Thus you need to "authorize" the service to actually browse the data from the agent.
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    rouser        ''myMonitoringName''
    iquerySecName ''myMonitoringName''

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 == Getting Started ==
-=== Defining the Query Credentials ===
+=== Defining the Query Access Credentials ===
 The first requirement is that you define a SNMPv3 username to use when performing self-management.  First, we must define a user, add access control for it, and create it.  '''PLEASE PICK A NAME DIFFERENT THAN ''myMonitorName'' and ''mysecretepassword''''', which is used below.  Any name unique to your institution will work just fine.

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−	The DisMan (Distributed Management) working group in the [[IETF]] produced ~~RFC2981~~, which defines a set of MIB tables describing an ''Event Management System''. With this system employed, devices are able to monitor themselves and neighboring devices for problems and report the problems via SNMP [[notifications]]. This can greatly relieve the amount of traffic a network management station needs to send to every device on the network.	+	The DisMan (Distributed Management) working group in the [[IETF]] produced [[RFC:2981]], which defines a set of MIB tables describing an ''Event Management System''. With this system employed, devices are able to monitor themselves and neighboring devices for problems and report the problems via SNMP [[notifications]]. This can greatly relieve the amount of traffic a network management station needs to send to every device on the network.

	The [http://www.net-snmp.org/docs/man/snmpd.conf.html#lbAX snmpd.conf] manual page describes this feature at length.		The [http://www.net-snmp.org/docs/man/snmpd.conf.html#lbAX snmpd.conf] manual page describes this feature at length.