Connectivity Guide

Warning/Non-critical A component requires attention. This alert indicates a potential problem, but does not
necessarily mean that the system has currently lost data or is nonfunctional. For example, a
Warning/Non-critical alert may indicate that a component (such as a temperature probe in an
enclosure) has crossed a warning threshold.
Critical/Failure/Error A component has either failed or failure is imminent. This alert indicates a serious problem such
as data loss or a loss of function. For example, a Critical/Failure/Error alert may indicate that
an array disk has failed.
SNMP Support for Storage Management Alerts
By default, Storage Management installs SNMP trap forwarding support. For this support to function, you should have SNMP installed on
the managed system prior to installing Storage Management.
NOTE: For more information on installation requirements and SNMP, see the
Server Administrator documentation.
SNMP Trap Forwarding
The Storage Management alerts are displayed in the Server Administrator alert log and are forwarded to the Windows application alert log.
If you have SNMP installed on the managed system (and the SNMP service is running), the Storage Management alerts in the Windows
application alert log are forwarded as SNMP traps. In order for these traps to be viewable, however, a target system or application must
be configured to receive these traps. SNMP traps that are generated by Storage Management can be viewed in any standard SNMP-
compatible enterprise management console.
The Windows SNMP service must be configured to forward the SNMP traps to the target system or application. When forwarding to an
application, the application should also be configured to receive the SNMP traps. The IT Assistant application is already configured to
receive the SNMP traps generated by Storage Management.
See Windows operating system documentation for information on configuring the operating system to forward SNMP traps. This
information may be located under such topics as Setting up SNMP or SNMP traps . When configuring SNMP for Windows, be sure
that the SNMP traps are forwarded to the correct server. For information on configuring an application to receive SNMP traps, see the
documentation for that application.
SNMP Trap Definitions
The Storage Management information base (MIB) defines the SNMP traps that Storage Management generates. These traps correspond
to the alerts documented in the Alert Descriptions and Corrective Actions section. The MIB is located in ..\sm\mibs\dcstorag.mib, a
subdirectory of the Storage Management installation directory.
NOTE: Storage Management supports trap forwarding on both 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems.
Trap Variables
The Storage Management SNMP traps use a set of variables that are included with every trap. Below mentioned variables are the
Traditional Varbinds:
Table 1823. Message ID Event
Name
messageIDEvent
Object ID 1.3.6.1.4.1.674.10893.1.20.200.1
Description Storage Management alert (event) message number.
Syntax INTEGER
Access Read-only
Table 1824. Description Event
Name
descriptionEvent
Object ID 1.3.6.1.4.1.674.10893.1.20.200.2
Description Storage Management event message text describing the alert.
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