# Installing the master agent under UNIX

This topic provides procedures for installing under Solaris and for installing under Linux.

## Installing under Solaris

Note: For detailed information, see the Solstice Enterprise Agents User Guide.

Complete the following steps to install the SNMP master agent on a Solaris system:

Step | Action
1 | Log on as superuser.
2 | Install the Solstice Enterprise agent access control.
3 | Access a command prompt.
4 | To start the master agent, enter the following command: /etc/init.d/init.snmpdx start
5 | Verify that the SNMP master agent is properly installed. To do so, use any SNMP management station. You can also use the snmpwalk demonstration program (installed with the SNMP package) to enumerate the contents of the Mib II agents.
6 | Install the NMS subagents and multiplexer.

## Installing under Linux

To ensure that SNMP management services work properly, install the following net-snmp packages:

- net-snmp-5.3.1-19.el5.<arch>.rpm

- net-snmp-libs-5.3.1-19.el5.<arch>.rpm (installed by default)

where <arch> is a system architecture. For example, i386 for a 32-bit x86 system generic build, X86_64 for 64-bit processors, and so on.

These packages are provided with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, version 5.1 and are located in the /Server directory. To access the most recent net-snmp packages, refer to www.net-snmp.org.

Complete the following steps to install the SNMP master agent on a Linux system:

Step | Action
1 | Install the SNMP package. To do so, access a command prompt and enter: rpm –i net-snmp-5.3.1-19.el5.<arch>.rpm
2 | Start the SNMP master agent by entering the following command: /etc/rc.d/init.d/snmpd start
3 | Verify that the SNMP master agent is properly installed. To do so, use any SNMP management station. You can also use the snmpwalk demonstration program (installed with the SNMP package) to enumerate the contents of the Mib II agents.
4 | Install the NMS subagents and multiplexer.