Displays and configures network management station (NMS) authentication for the Network Terminal Accelerator (NTX) Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) agent.
ntx_nms [ -d Device ] [ -f File | [ -r ] Host ]
The ntx_nms command displays and configures NMS authentication for the adapter's SNMP agent. If you issue this command without any flags, the command displays the NMS configuration for the adapter identified by the /dev/rhp0 device file. The configuration is displayed on standard output in the same format required by the File parameter.
You configure NMS authentication by providing a list of authentication hosts to the SNMP agent. You can add to or remove from the list of authenticated hosts with the ntx_nms command. If you do not configure NMS authentication, then the SNMP agent accepts protocol data units (PDUs) from any NMS. To authenticate SNMP PDUs, run the ntx_nms command before starting the SNMP agent with the ntx_snmp command.
When authentication is in place, the SNMP agent discards PDUs from any NMS host that is not on its authentication list. If you have both NMS authentication and traps configured, the agent generates an authentication failure trap when it refuses a PDU. If traps are not configured, the agent discards the PDU and does not generate a trap. For information on configuring traps, see the ntx_traps command.
| Host | Specifies a host name or an Internet address to add to the authentication list. |
This command returns the following exit values:
| 0 | Successful completion. |
| >0 | An error occurred. |
Access Control: You must have root authority to run this command.
To configure the SNMP agent to receive PDUs from the host at 192.6.153.6, enter:
ntx_nms 192.6.153.6
| /usr/bin/ntx_nms | Contains the ntx_nms command. |
| /dev/rhp0 | Default NTX raw device file name. |
The ntx_snmp, and ntx_traps commands.
The /dev/rhp file.
Network Terminal Accelerator Overview in AIX Versions 3.2 and 4 Asynchronous Communications Guide.