====== Configure SNMP on AIX 5.x ====== The default snmp configuration is not very usable, that's why I change it. First of all, I create a view (named All for example) which grant to see most of avaiable MIB. Then, I add - at least one - community line to allow my snmp manager to query AIX. ///etc/snmpd.conf// community public 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.192 readOnly All view All iso.3 system enterprises view internet host The host part in the view allow to query the HOST-RESOURCES MIB, which include values like storage, CPU utilization, etc.. If you want this one, check for hostmibd is running. Note: I notice that AIX 5.1 and 5.2 have a bug regarding the CPU utilization, just look : % snmpwalk -v1 -c public 192.168.1.48 .1.3.6.1.2.1.25.3.3.1.2 HOST-RESOURCES-MIB::hrProcessorLoad.1 = INTEGER: -2147483648 HOST-RESOURCES-MIB::hrProcessorLoad.2 = INTEGER: -2147483648 If you have the same value, you need to upgrade.