Grass Valley iControl V.4.43 - Manual (Page 448)

iControl and SNMP
Key Concepts
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Figure 8-1
Key Concepts
iControl SNMP Agents
iControl SNMP agents allow third party SNMP managers, such as Spectrum, to monitor an
iControl configuration.
There are two types of iControl SNMP agents:
• the GSM SNMP Agent, which is an iControl plug-in
• the Net-SNMP agent, part of a popular open-source package (www.net-snmp.org)
GSM SNMP Agent
The iControl GSM SNMP agent acts as a proxy to Densité and Imaging cards and frames. It
reports the status and alarms of cards in the form of an SNMP table that can be queried or
polled by a third party SNMP manager. The GSM SNMP agent also enables iControl to send
traps to a third party SNMP manager.
Note: Miranda devices that provide IP connectivity at the frame—such as Densité
and Kaleido—also offer direct SNMP support, allowing third party SNMP Manager
applications to get status information using an SNMP
GET and/or TRAP command.
IMPORTANT: If you choose to take advantage of iControl’s support for the SNMP version 3
protocol for its added security, and your Application Server is an SNMP agent,
you must first create default user templates and then create user profiles with
the desired privilege levels. For more information, see
"Preparing an Application
Server (as SNMP Agent) to use SNMPv3" , on page 440.