how to use snmp

[manco]

Hello,
I installed and configured Zabbix supperviser for the park.
I installed Zabbix agent on client. But I do not know how to view these agents
at the server. I must say that I have installed snmp. but I do not know how to use it.
thank you to you who like to give me a hand.

[Kerrygeek]

Snmp isn't hard to use but you'll need to study it a little. If you're willing to use an agent, it might be easier, I use snmp to avoid using the agents on my machines, routers, switches, etc.

On a linux box command line, you can do this:
snmpwalk -v1 -c <community string> <target IP address>
and if snmp is running on the server, router, whatever, it should reply with many lines of almost meaningless garbage. Looking through that garbage, though, you'll find information on the state of interfaces, the traffic into and out of each interface, cpu load for each cpu, etc.

Snmpwalk is the command, v1 means version one of snmp (you may have version 2 or 3 but you'll need different authentication for those) and -c is the community string you assigned to each device when you set up snmp on that device. You can also do >file.txt to dump the results to a file instead of just letting it scroll off your screen.

Do a "man snmpwalk" on your box (assuming it's Linux, UNIX, etc.) and it will tell you how to use it. If you're monitoring a Windows server, you have to set up snmp, give it the community string, tell it read-only, and tell it what IP address the snmpwalk query is coming from.

Once you figure out what parameters you want to monitor, just put them into Zabbix and you're all set. Don't forget to set the community string.

Good luck,
Kerry

[manco]

salvation, thank you for your help but I know how the agents installed on client, it can at the server list automatically.
thank you in advance.