3PAR InForm® OS 2.3.1 CLI Administrator's Manual (320-200180 Rev B, February 2010)

14.2
The 3PAR SNMP Agent
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14.2 The 3PAR SNMP Agent
The 3PAR SNMP agent runs on the InServ Storage Server and provides a management interface
to enable other software products to manage 3PAR hardware using SNMP. The 3PAR SNMP
agent responds to GET, SET, GETNEXT, and GETBULK SNMP requests and also generates
notification messages (traps) for critical events (alerts) and alert state changes (see Chapter 15,
SNMP, in the InForm OS Concepts Guide for information about requests and traps). These traps
include the same information as the alerts described in the InForm OS Messages and
Operator’s Guide.
The 3PAR SNMP agent supports SNMPv2c and SMI-v2 standards, and supports the SNMPv2-MIB
and a proprietary 3PAR MIB. Refer to Chapter 15, SNMP, in the InForm OS Concepts Guide for
detailed information about these standards and MIBs.
14.2.1 Locating the 3PAR MIB
The 3PAR MIB is located on the InForm CLI and SNMP CD, part number 780-200051.
14.2.2 alertNotify Traps
All alerts generated by the system as well as all alert status change events are translated into
alertNotify traps. For all alerts, use the message code provided (e.g., 1703938) to refer to
the InForm OS Messages and Operator’s Guide for instructions on how to handle the alert.
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See Chapter 15, SNMP, in the InForm OS Concepts Guide for additional information about
alertNotify traps.
NOTE: If you receive a trap with messageCode == 1245186, this is to notify you
that an alert has changed state. In order to find out which alert has changed
state, you must extract the alert ID from the
id trap field.