{"id":2186,"date":"2015-08-19T11:20:32","date_gmt":"2015-08-19T15:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infotechguy.net\/?p=2186"},"modified":"2025-02-22T11:32:01","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T16:32:01","slug":"linux-hp-proliant-snmp-agent-setup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infotechguy.net\/?p=2186","title":{"rendered":"Linux — HP Proliant SNMP Agent setup"},"content":{"rendered":"

I wanted to put together a quick post on configuring the hp-snmp-agent and hp-health agents on HP ProLiant servers using Linux. I stumbled across the need for this while working on a project to implement Icinga<\/a> to monitor server hardware via SNMP.<\/p>\n

First things first, check that you are running a compatible HP ProLiant G series. The current stable release of both hp-snmp-agent and hp-helath only work with G5+. This is important to keep in mind because I ran into this issue when trying to install both agents on a G4 Proliant. The dpkg install would fail because it cannot start the hp-health agent under a G4 Proliant. I am installing the agents ontop of Debian 7.<\/p>\n

Let’s download the packages, check\u00a0http:\/\/downloads.linux.hp.com\/SDR\/repo\/mcp\/debian\/pool\/non-free\/<\/a>\u00a0for latest versions<\/p>\n

cd \/root \nmkdir hp-agents \ncd hp-agents \nwget http:\/\/downloads.linux.hp.com\/SDR\/repo\/mcp\/debian\/pool\/non-free\/hp-health_10.0.0.1.3-4._amd64.deb \nwget http:\/\/downloads.linux.hp.com\/SDR\/repo\/mcp\/debian\/pool\/non-free\/hp-snmp-agents_10.0.0.1.23-21._amd64.deb<\/pre>\n
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You will need snmp, snmpd, and some other library files before install the packages.<\/p>\n
apt-get install snmpd snmp lib32gcc1 libc6-i386 libsnmp30<\/pre>\n
Now install the two(2) agents. Start with hp-health first, then install hp-snmp-agent<\/p>\n
dpkg -i hp-health*.deb \ndpkg -i hp-snmp-agents*.deb<\/pre>\n
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If dpkg complains about any missing packages, just do a apt-get -f install<\/strong> should take care of that.<\/p>\n
Now, we need to reconfigure snmpd. We can do this 1 of 2 ways. Either use the\u00a0\/sbin\/hpsnmpconfig script<\/strong>, or edit the \/etc\/snmpd\/snmpd.conf<\/strong> file directly. I’ll edit the snmpd.conf directly, so edit \/etc\/snmp\/snmpd.conf<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n
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