Allied Telesis manual AT-2931SX Basp Snmp Agent for Linux, Installing the TAR Archive

Chapter 4: Installing BACS on a Linux System

AT-2931SX BASP SNMP Agent for Linux

Installing the TAR Archive

This SNMP agent is designed to support the configuration and statistics information pertaining to the AT-2931SX BASP driver. The AT-2931SX BASP SNMP agent is available in two packaging formats: TAR archive and RPM. Both packages include the same script and MIB files.

To uncompress and expand the tar archive, run:

% tar xvfz baspsnmp-{version}.tar

To install AT-2931SX BASP SNMP agent for Linux, perform the following procedure.

1.Copy the getBaspInfo and genBaspTraps script files into /usr/bin directory.

2.Copy the BASP-Config-MIB.txt, BASP-Statistics-MIB.txt and Brcm- BSAPTrap-MIB.txt into the /usr/share/snmp/mibs directory.

3.Locate the snmpd.conf file.

It is usually located in one of the following directories:

/etc/snmp

/usr/lib/snmp $HOME/.snmp

4.Add the following lines to the snmpd.conf.

pass .1.3.6.1.4.1.4413.1.2.1 /usr/bin/getBaspInfo pass .1.3.6.1.4.1.4413.1.2.2.1 /usr/bin/getBaspInfo pass .1.3.6.1.4.1.4413.1.2.2.2 /usr/bin/getBaspInfo pass .1.3.6.1.4.1.4413.1.2.2.3 /usr/bin/getBaspInfo

5.Stop the snmpd daemon and restart it again.

%/etc/init.d/snmpd stop

%/etc/init.d/snmpd start

6.Run the genBaspTraps script to allow monitoring of the AT-2931SX BASP trap events:

%genBaspTraps

This script can be terminated by hitting Ctrl-C keys if AT-2931SX BASP trap event monitoring is no longer needed.

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