Planning for SNMP Installation

Before installing the SNMP service, an administrator must identify the following information:

• The contact person and location for the administrator of the local computer.
• Community names that can be shared by hosts on the network.
• IP address, IPX address, or network computer name of the SNMP management console, or consoles, that will be the destination for trap messages generated by computers within a specific community. (Not all SNMP management consoles must also be trap destinations.)