How do I add non-Sun agents into the Sun Management Center topology for monitoring?
To add non-Sun hosts such as your Windows 2000, Linux or HP-UX boxes for monitoring in Sun Management Center follow the steps listed below: Note: The example given below is for a Linux agent, the same steps apply to other agents including Sun agents running on non-default ports. Using the Sun Management Center console, do the following: 1. In the main console window, select “Create Object… ” from the “Edit” menu 2. Select the “Node” tab in the resulting dialog box. 3. Select “SNMP Ping” from the “Monitor Via” picklist. 4. Enter a label in the “Node Label” field, e.g. Molson (Linux) 5. Optionally enter a description in the “Description” field, e.g. Linux Host on 4th floor, main building 6. Enter the hostname in the “Hostname” field, e.g. molson 7. Optionally, enter the IP address in the “IP Address” field, e.g. 192.1.4.5 8. Enter the port number in the “Port” field. This is the port number you provided during installation of the PrimeAlert Agent for Linux. The default is 161. 161 Note
