Connectivity Guide

Introduction

This reference guide provides information about the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Management Information Base

(MIB) which is applicable for Dell OpenManage.

NOTE: This guide contains information that may also be applicable to earlier OpenManage supported platforms.

This introduction is divided into two sections. The first section, Introduction to SNMP Reference Guide, explains the SNMP Reference

Guide design. All essential Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) terms are defined in this section. Some of the vocabulary may

seem complex and unfamiliar to system administrators who are using SNMP for the first time. SNMP experts can skim this section, and

beginners can read the section more carefully.

The second section, Introduction to the Server Administrator SNMP Subagent, is a more technical introduction to the management

information base (MIB) that underlies Server Administrator services.

Topics:

• What’s New in this release

• Supported SNMP Versions

• Managed Object Used in This Document

• Server Administrator Instrumentation MIB

• Server Administrator Baseboard Management Controller, ASF MIB

• Server Administrator Storage Management MIB

• Server Administrator Field Replaceable Unit MIB

• Server Administrator Change Management MIB

• Basic Terminology

• Frequently Used Terms in Variable Names

• Tables

• Section Organization

• Other Documents You May Need

• Introduction to the Server Administrator SNMP Subagent

What’s New in this release

This release of Dell OpenManage SNMP introduces the following new attributes:

NOTE:

For more information on SNMP traps with Out-of-Band using iDRAC and Chassis Management Controller, see

Dell OpenManage SNMP Reference guide for iDRAC and CMC

• Added new varbinds for Dell OpenManage Storage Management Group

• New varbinds added:

Physical Devices Group : Array Disk Table nonRAIDdiskCachePolicy, arraydiskCachePolicy

• Updated the possible values in :Logical Devices Group: Virtual Disk table virtualDiskDiskCachePolicy

Supported SNMP Versions

Operating System

Supported OMSA SNMP version

Windows SNMP v1

Linux SNMP v1

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