508 Novell eDirectory 8.8 Administration Guidenovdocx (en) 11 July 2008/usr/sbin/snmpdv1Starting the SubagentTo start the subagent, execute the following command:/etc/ndssnmpsa startEnter the username and password when prompted. Upon successful authentication, the followingmessage is displayed if INTERACTION= ON in the /etc/opt/novell/eDirectory/conf/ndssnmp/ndssnmp.cfgfile:Do you want to remember password? (Y/N)Enter Y to remember the password. When you start the subagent the next time, you are not promptedfor the password.Enter N to enter the password when the subagent is started the next time.Stopping the SubagentTo stop the subagent, execute the following command:/etc/ndssnmpsa stop17.5 Monitoring eDirectory Using SNMPeDirectory is monitored using the traps and statistics feature of SNMP.To monitor an eDirectory server using SNMP, you need the following rights over the NCP server,LDAP group and LDAP server objects: Supervisor rights over the NCP server object Read rights over the LDAP Allow Clear Text Password attribute of the LDAP Group object Read rights over the LDAP TCP Port and LDAP SSL Port attributes of the LDAP Server objectBy default a user who has logged in with the administrative rights does not face any problem inmonitoring an eDirectory server using SNMP.17.5.1 TrapsThe SNMP component generates a total of 119 traps out of which traps ndsServerStart (2001) andndsServerStop (2002) cannot be configured. These traps are enabled by default.You can use a MIB browser to check the generated traps.NOTE: Trap numbers 42, 92 and 100 are specific to NetWare.
