68CHAPTER 7: CONFIGURING THE COMMON AGENT

Verifying Common To verify what the common agent version is:

Agent Software

Version

1Log into EMS.

2From the Explorer tab, navigate to the 3COM SNMP Agent.

3From the Properties tab, click Identification.

4From the Version field, the SNMP agent version is listed.

Common Agent Use the Identification tab to view basic statistics for the common agent

Identification Tab such as the software version.

1Log into EMS.

2From the Explorer tab, navigate to the 3COM SNMP Agent.

3From the Properties tab, click State.

4For a description of each field, see Table 29.

Table 29 IP Messaging Identification Tab

Attribute

Description

Settings

 

 

 

Alias

A management defined alias for the entity

String

 

saved across reboots.

 

 

 

 

Class

The internal schema className for this

Read-only

 

object.

 

 

 

 

FQN

The fully qualified name of this object. This is

Read-only

 

the complete path from the root of all

 

 

objects.

 

 

 

 

Last State Change

The value of sysUpTime at the time the entity

Read-only

 

entered its current operational state.

 

 

 

 

User Label

A label assign by the user.

String

 

 

 

Vendor

The vendor name of this software.

Read-only

 

 

 

Version

The current version of this software.

Read-only

 

 

 

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3Com V7000 manual Agent Software Version, Verifying Common To verify what the common agent version is

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