HP StorageWorks XP Remote Web Console Software - Manual (Page 69)

Setting SNMP Agent Properties 69
4 Setting SNMP Agent Properties
4-1 Overview of SNMP Agent Properties
WARNING! Before setting SNMP Agent properties, be sure that both the SNMP API and the Microsoft SNMP
agent are installed on the XP1024/XP128 Disk Array SVP, to allow the SNMP agent to run as a daemon
program.
The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is an industry-standard method for storage and
communication devices. It is used to transfer status and management commands across TCP/IP networks. The
SNMP agent (SNMP) performs error-reporting operations requested by the SNMP manager for XP1024/XP128
Disk Array subsystem(s). SNMP properties are usually set from the SVP, but you can also set the SNMP properties
for the connected XP1024/XP128 Disk Array subsystem using the XP Remote Web Console. For a flowchart of
the XP1024/XP128 Disk Array SNMP environment, see Figure 4-1.
The SNMP IP Security pane is not available to storage partition administrators. A storage administrator can
perform the following SNMP functions using the XP Remote Web Console:
• Add and delete SNMP Manager IP addresses (see sections 4-3-1 and 4-3-2)
• Add, delete, and change communities (see sections 4-3-3 through 4-3-5)
• Add, delete, and change IP addresses of communities (see sections 4-3-6 through 4-3-7)
NOTE: To set the SNMP properties, you must register the SNMP system group information including the device
name, contact information, and location of the subsystem to be managed on the Identity tab of the XP Remote
Web Console main pane.
Customer
SNMP Manager
SVP
Disk subsystem
Remote Web
Console
SIM report
Trap
USB-LAN card
Private LAN Public LAN
SNMP
Agent
SNMP
Information
Setting the SNMP Agent properties
from the Remote Console.
Figure 4-1 XP1024/XP128 Disk Array SNMP Environment