HP StorageWorks XP Remote Web Console Software - Manual (Page 97)

Setting SNMP Agent Properties 97
4 Setting SNMP Agent Properties
4-1 Overview of SNMP Agent Properties
Before setting SNMP Agent properties, be sure that both the Hitachi SNMP API and the Microsoft SNMP agent
are installed on the XP12000/XP10000 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
XP12000/XP10000 Disk Array subsystem(s). SNMP properties are usually set from the SVP, but you can also set
the SNMP properties for the connected XP12000/XP10000 Disk Array subsystem using the XP Remote Web
Console. For a flowchart of the XP12000/XP10000 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:
• Register the SNMP system group information (Name, Contact, Location) (see this section)
• 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 )
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 (refer to Figure 3-1).
Customer
SNMP Manager
SVP
Disk subsystem
Remote Web
Console PC
SIM report
Trap
USB-LAN card
Private LAN Public LAN
SNMP
Agent
SNMP
Information
Setting the SNMP Agent properties
from theRemote Web Consoler.
Figure 4-1 XP12000/XP10000 Disk Array SNMP Environment