To monitor a Windows server, you must be logged in as an administrator or a member of the Administrators group. Click Start and go to the Control Panel, double-click Programs and Features, then click Turn Windows features on or off in the left-hand side of the page.
Select the Simple Network Management Protocol check box, and click OK, then click Next.
You may be required to insert the Windows Operating System CD when installing this component.
To configure the SNMP agent, access the Control Panel. Double-click Administrative Tools and then double-click Computer Management.
In the console tree, click Services and Applications and then click Services.
In the details pane, scroll down and click SNMP Service.
From the Action menu, click Properties.
On the Security tab, select Send authentication trap if you want a trap message to be sent whenever authentication fails.
Under Accepted community names, click Add.
Under Community Rights, select a permission level for this host to process SNMP requests from the selected community.
In Community Name, type a case-sensitive community name, and then click Add.
Specify whether or not to accept SNMP packets from a host:
To accept SNMP requests from any host on the network, regardless of identity, click Accept SNMP packets from any host.
To limit acceptance of SNMP packets, click Accept SNMP packets from these hosts, click Add, type the appropriate host name and IP or IPX address, and then click Add again.
Click Apply to apply the changes.
Register the server in the Location form of the local Location gateway.