Configuring Client Workstations for Desktop SNMP Services

Modifying DOS System and NetWare Client Configuration Files

If the time zone is not set in your workstation’s environment, traps for SNMP might report an incorrect time.

5Save and exit.

Modifying the NET.CFG File

The following modifications to the NET.CFG file are required for each client workstation that you want to load the Desktop SNMP software on.

Add the necessary lines in the NET.CFG file to load and support the Desktop SNMP software.

Set the “TRAP TARGET” address of the NetWare Services Management (NSM) consoles or other SNMP-based managers.

See “Sample NET.CFG File for Desktop SNMP Services” for an example.

By default, Desktop SNMP services are not enabled when you install the NetWare Client software. To enable Desktop SNMP services, complete the following procedure.

Procedure

1Ensure that the Desktop SNMP files are copied to the NetWare Client directory (the default is C:\NWCLIENT).

2Modify the NET.CFG file to load the Desktop SNMP .VLM files.

To load the Desktop SNMP .VLM file suite, modify the NET.CFG file on your client workstation in either of the following two ways:

To load the Desktop SNMP and the NetWare DOS Requester software, add the following lines to the NET.CFG file in the order given:

netware dos requester

vlm = wssnmp.vlm vlm = wstrap.vlm vlm = wsreg.vlm vlm = wsasn1.vlm vlm = mib2if.vlm vlm = wsdrvprn.vlm vlm = mib2prot.vlm

To load only Desktop SNMP, without the NetWare DOS Requester modules,

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