HP 3PAR InForm OS 3.1.1 CLI Administrator's Manual

14 Using the InForm OS SNMP Infrastructure
Overview
In addition to managing the system with the InForm OS CLI, the HP 3PAR InForm OS includes a
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) agent that allows you to perform some basic
management functions via network management software running on a management station. These
SNMP management functions require that you have SNMP management software not provided
by HP (refer to Chapter 15, SNMP, in the HP 3PAR InForm OS Concepts Guide for information
about SNMP).
CAUTION: The SNMP agent is not part of the evaluated Common Criteria storage system
configuration. For more information about Common Criteria, see the HP 3PAR InForm OS Common
Criteria Administrator’s Reference.
The HP 3PAR SNMP Agent
The HP 3PAR SNMP agent runs on the system and provides a management interface to enable
other software products to manage HP hardware using SNMP. The HP 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 HP 3PAR
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.
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The HP 3PAR SNMP agent supports SNMPv3, SNMPv2c, SMI-v2 standards, and the SNMPv2-MIB
and a proprietary HP 3PAR MIB. Refer to Chapter 15, SNMP, in the HP 3PAR InForm OS Concepts
Guide for detailed information about these standards and MIBs.
Locating the HP 3PAR MIB
The HP 3PAR MIB is located on the InForm OS CLI and SNMP CD.
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 HP 3PAR InForm OS Messages and Operator’s Guide for instructions on how to handle the
alert.
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.
See Chapter 15, SNMP, in the HP 3PAR InForm OS Concepts Guide for additional information
about alertNotify traps.
Registering an SNMP Manager
NOTE: For detailed information about all InForm OS CLI commands used in this section, refer to
the HP 3PAR InForm OS Command Line Interface Reference for additional information and
examples.
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