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46 Sun Fire V20z and Sun Fire V40z Servers, Server Management Guide • May, 2004
Setting the Community Name
The SNMP agent on the SP acts as a proxy for the SNMP agent running on the
platform. (Refer to “Configuring SNMP on Your Server” on page 44.) To properly
proxy, you must use the community string. The community string needed to do so is
the value defined when you configured the platform for SNMP.
If you find that your SNMP queries are not being proxied to the platform SNMP
agents, validate that the community string on the SP matches that on the platform.
The SP proxy community string can be changed to match the platform community
string using the following command:
# sp set snmp proxy community
There are no restrictions on the length of the community strings; common names are
private and public. The default name is public.
For more information, refer to “SP Set SNMP Proxy Community Subcommand” on
page 109.
Agent X
A sub-agent using SNMP Agent X protocol on the platform can connect to the SNMP
agent on the SP (through a special port) and forward query responses or unsolicited
traps through the SP. This allows server-management traffic to be kept secure from
the production network connected to the platform, if required.
To properly enable this facility, you must identify the IP address and port number
pair associated with the SP (as seen from the platform). The Agent X port is fixed
at 705 (TCP). However, the private-network IP address is configurable and, by
default, this address is 169.254.101.2.
Refer to your application documentation for instructions on configuring the
sub-agents.
Note – You can use the subcommand, sp get jnet on the SP to retrieve the JNET
IP address of the SP.