C.2 Kernel parameters of APM
Adjust the kernel parameters of the OS to allocate the resources required for executing the SNMP agent. This section describes kernel parameters that require adjustment.
- Organization of this subsection
(1) In HP-UX
The following table lists kernel parameters for HP-UX OS.
System resources |
Parameter |
Estimate |
---|---|---|
File system |
maxfiles #1 |
30 + number-of-monitoring-server |
Process |
nproc #2 |
A maximum of 2 + the number of remote commands executed simultaneously + the number of the apmchg commands executed simultaneously |
#1: Number of file descriptors that a single process can open (SOFT Limit)
#2: Maximum number of processes that can be created in the system
(2) In Solaris
The following table lists kernel parameters for Solaris OS.
System resources |
Parameter |
Estimate |
---|---|---|
File system |
rlim_fd_cur #1 |
30 + number-of-monitoring-server |
Process |
max_nprocs #2 |
A maximum of 2 + the number of remote commands executed simultaneously + the number of the apmchg commands executed simultaneously |
#1: Number of file descriptors that a single process can open (SOFT Limit)
#2: Maximum number of processes that can be created in the system
(3) In AIX
You do not need to adjust the kernel parameters.
(4) In Linux
You do not need to adjust the kernel parameters.