How to add SNMP to Suse Linux SLES

How to Configure SNMP in Novell SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11

Re-posting from: http://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/04/SLN266085?c=us&l=en&s=bsd&cs=04

MY METHOD: 

Start the GUI by typing "startx" or init 3. 

Right-click on desktop and open up a terminal session

gedit /etc/snmp/snmp.conf

gedit /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf

Type the following command "rocommunity <community name> <ip of SNMP server>

Example

rocommunity public 10.5.0.231

or for Read and Write

rwcommunity public 10.5.0.231

Entire Subnet Examples
rocommunity public 10.5.0.0/24
rocommunity public 10.10.0.0/16

Restart the service

rcsnmpd restart

Article Summary:

This article provides information on how to configure SNMP in Novell SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11.

• Ensure you are logged in as 'root'
• Install 'net-snmp' package
  • # yast2 -i net-snmp
• Configure SNMP :
  • # snmpconf -i
  • Input 'all' (Read in and merge the SNMP configuration files)
  • Select option #1 (Create snmpd.conf)
  • Select option #1 (Access Control Setup)
  • Select option #3 (Setup a read-only access community)
    • Input community name
    • Press 'Enter' (Allow all hosts and network addresses to access the community)
    • Press 'Enter' (Not restrict the community to any specific OID)
  • Input 'finished'
  • Input 'finished'
  • Input 'quit'
• Restart SNMP daemon
• # rcsnmpd restart