Entry-Level Servers

Sun SNMP Management Agent for the Sun Fire and Netra Systems

The Sun SNMP Management Agent enables access to system inventory and monitoring and provides support for alarms, using the industry standard management protocol Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). The agent supports SNMPv1, SNMPv2c and SNMPv3 to enable interoperability with all common management applications. The provision of SNMPv3 enables management accesses to be fully authenticated and secured.

The agent provides a management model SUN-PLATFORM-MIB which is based on the standard ENTITY-MIB, and is augmented by extensions that provide further information dependent on the component being represented. These extensions are based on the generic network information model (NIM) presented in ITU-T M.3100 with further extensions taken from attributes defined by the common information model (CIM) v2.5 schema. These MIBs are supported on other platforms, enabling common management solutions to be developed.

The agent provided is intended to augment the management information, such as MIB-II, already presented by the standard Solaris SNMP agent, snmpdx. Both agents run independently of each other.

Systems currently supported are:

Sun Fire V215 Server
Sun Fire V245 Server
Sun Fire V445 Server
Sun Fire V210 Server
Sun Fire V240 Server
Sun Fire V250 Server
Sun Fire V440 Server
Sun Fire V1280 Server
Sun Fire E2900 Server
Netra 210 Server
Netra 240 Server
Netra 440 Server
Netra 1280 Server
Netra 1290 Server

To download the software, please check the Sun Download Center, and you will be looking for SNMP Management Agent 1.4 Update 2 or later release.

For full preparation and installation instructions, please check the documentation.

Sun Management Center

The Sun Management Center software platform is an enterprise management solution that is based on open standards such as SNMP. The software allows for a rich set of features that enables the complete modeling of Sun hardware and software solutions. It provides the most comprehensive instrumentation and administrative knowledge for Sun environments, and open interfaces that enable information to be shared with other management platforms. The net result is systems management becomes easier, and the overall cost of operations lower.

Support for hardware monitoring within the Sun Management Center environment is achieved through the use of appropriate hardware platform module add-on software called configuration reader (config-reader), which presents hardware-configuration and fault-reporting information to the Sun Management Center management server and console.

The add-on software is released as a Web download. You must have the current version of Sun Management Center 3.6 or 3.6.1 installed before you install one of the add-ons. You should install only the add-on software needed for the platforms you intend to manage.

The Sun Management Center User's Guide includes definitions, explanations, and diagrams that clarify the Sun Management Center architecture. Review that document whenever you have questions about how consoles, servers, agents, domains, and modules interact.

For more information on Sun Management Center 3.6.1, click here.

Sun N1 System Manager

Sun N1 System Manager is an aggregated system manager that helps administrators reduce cost and complexity while providing the agility to manage hundreds of systems. Using the N1 System Manager software, administrators can discover, provision, monitor, update, and manage anywhere from one to hundreds of Sun systems. The benefits of the N1 System Manager software include a centralized, interactive, easy-to-use browser and CLI, allowing administrators to make quick and accurate changes to single systems or groups of systems.

For more information on Sun N1 System Manager, click here

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