Intel Telco Alarms Manager 2.0, Revision 1.0 - HP Carrier-Grade Server cc3310 User's Guide

Intel Telco Alarms Manager 2.0
TAMTools
SNMP Tab
The SNMP tab represents the SNMP Event Agent. The TAMTools MIB browser allows the user to select
SNMP entries or TRAP entries and configure a threshold for the entry. The threshold allows for the
generation of a Telco Alarms Manager LED assertion. The SNMP Event Agent stores configuration
information in tamtools.xml. This configuration file can be imported or exported to additional servers.
NOTE Before the TRAP entries will be visible, it is necessary to load a MIB file from Option>Load
MIBs.
Terminology
The following terms provide information needed for configuring the SNMP Event Agent:
• MIB—MIB stands for Management Information Base. A MIB file defines what parameters or variables
can be accessed and how they are interpreted.
• OID—OID stands for object identifiers. The OID is a unique identifier for read-only, read-write, and trap
information.
• Trap—A trap is an event sent by the SNMP agent to a SNMP manager. Objects and values may be sent
with the trap.
• Variable—(Sometimes called variable binding or trap variable) is the object and value that gets sent
with a trap PDU message.
• Browser—A program to walk (traverse) MIB files to display SNMP parameters.
Configuring SNMP Events
• Load MIBs
—MIBs need to be loaded first before the MIB values can be browsed. Select Options >
Load MIBs in the TAMTools menu bar to load MIB files. For example: In order to receive SNMP traps
for network interface card (NIC) events, you must install specific NIC SNMP software from the following
Intel web site: http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/1000/software.htm
.
• Download the Native SNMP software for your operating system and follow the installation and
configuration instructions that are included in the download package. One of the files in the installation
package will be a MIB file. This file can be loaded with the Load MIBs function. Traps will not be visible
until a MIB file is loaded.
• MIB files that are used by ISM are installed in /usr/share/snmp/mibs.
• Browse for Traps
—Select the SNMP tab. Trap values can be identified by a red dot icon beside them.
You can expand and collapse the MIB tree quickly by using the Expand and Collapse buttons. Select the
trap value and go to Options > Configure in the TAMTools menu bar or select Configure. Select the
variable to monitor and set thresholds for minor, major, and/or critical events by selecting the
conditional operator and entering a value. A value must be entered to clear the event before the
configuration is accepted. Then select Save. This configuration is saved to the xml file and can be viewed
immediately in the details window. If this trap occurs, the selected variable's value is compared with
threshold settings.