User manual

APPENDIX
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Your management application may have a different target direc-
tory. Consult the management application’s user manual for the
correct location.
SNMP Management Application MIB Location
HP OpenView \OV\MIBS
Netware NMS \NMS\SNMPMIBS\CURRENT
• Community Name
Community name act as password of screen accesses to the SNMP
agent of a particular network device. Type in the community
names of the SNMP agent. Before access is granted to a request
station, this station must incorporate a valid community names
to its request; otherwise, the SNMP agent will deny access to the
system.
Most network devices use “public” as default of their community
names. This value is case-sensitive.
MIB Compilation and Definition File creation
Before the manager application accesses the RAID controller, user
needs to integrate the MIB into the management application’s da-
tabase of events and status indicator codes. This process is known
as compiling the MIB into the application. This process is highly
vendor-specific and should be well-covered in the User’s Guide of
your SNMP application. Ensure the compilation process successfully
integrates the contents of the ARECARAID.MIB file into the traps
database.
Location for MIB
Depending upon the SNMP management application used, the MIB
must be placed in a specific directory on the network management
station running the management application. The MIB file must be
manually copied to this directory. For example: