Installing SNMP Agent on Windows System
(Adapted from Windows help)
You need to know the following information before you install the
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) service on your computer:
- Community names in your network.
- Trap destinations for each community.
- IP addresses and computer names for SNMP management hosts.
To install SNMP on Windows
XP, 2000, and 2003, follow the steps given below:
You must be logged on as an administrator or a member of the
Administrators group to complete this procedure. If your computer is
connected to a network, network policy settings may also prevent you
from completing this procedure.
- Click Start, point to Settings,
click Control Panel, double-click Add or
Remove Programs, and then click Add/Remove Windows
Components.
- In Components, click Management and Monitoring Tools
(but do not select or clear its check box), and then click Details.
- Select the Simple Network Management Protocol
check box, and click OK.
- Click Next.
- Insert the respective CD or specify the complete path of the
location at which the files stored.
- SNMP starts automatically after installation.
This completes the installation process. This also implements the
Host Resources MIB automatically. To configure SNMP agents respond to
SNMP requests, refer to Configuring SNMP agents.
To install SNMP in Windows
NT, follow the steps given below:
- Right-click the Network Neighborhood icon on
the Desktop.
- Click Properties.
- Click Services.
- Click Add. The Select Network Service dialog
box appears.
- In the Network Service list, click SNMP Service,
and then click OK.
- Insert the respective CD or specify the complete path of the
location at which the files stored and click Continue.
- After the necessary files are copied to your computer, the
Microsoft SNMP Properties dialog box appears.
This completes the installation process. This also implements the
Host Resources MIB automatically. To configure SNMP agents respond to
SNMP requests, refer to Configuring SNMP agents.
To install SNMP in Windows 98
Make sure your Windows 98 CD is in the drive. Then follow the steps
given below:
- On the Network control panel, click Add.
- Double-click Service in the Select Network
Component Type dialog box.
- Click Have Disk in the Select Network Service
dialog box.
- Type the path to the "TOOLS\RESKIT\NETADMIN\SNMP" directory on
your computer's CD drive in the Install From Disk dialog box and then
click OK.
- Select Microsoft SNMP agent from the Models
list in the Select Network Service dialog box and then click OK.
This completes the installation process. This also implements the
Host Resources MIB automatically. To configure SNMP agents respond to
SNMP requests, refer to Configuring
SNMP agents.
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