HP StorageWorks XP Remote Web Console User Guide: HP XP12000 Disk Array, HP XP10000 Disk Array, HP 200 Storage Virtualization System (T1714-96031, June 2010)

4 Setting SNMP Agent Properties
Overview of SNMP Agent Properties
CAUTION:
Before setting SNMP Agent properties, be sure that both the Hitachi SNMP API and the Microsoft
SNMP agent are installed on the array's SVP to allow the SNMP agent to run as a daemon program.
The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is an industry-standard method for storage and
communication devices. It is used to transfer status and management commands across TCP/IP
networks. The SNMP agent (SNMP) performs error-reporting operations requested by the SNMP
manager for the array(s). SNMP properties are usually set from the SVP, but you can also set the
SNMP properties for the connected arrays using the XP Remote Web Console. For a flowchart of the
array's SNMP environment, see Figure 93.
The SNMP IP Security panel is not available to storage partition administrators. A storage administrator
can perform the following SNMP functions using the XP Remote Web Console:
• Register the SNMP system group information (Name, Contact, Location)
• Add and delete SNMP Manager IP addresses (see “Adding SNMP Manager IP Addresses” on page
135 and “Deleting SNMP Manager IP Addresses” on page 135)
• Add, delete, and change communities (see “Adding A Community Name” on page 136, “Deleting
a Community Name” on page 137, and “Changing a Community Name” on page 138)
• Add, delete, and change IP addresses of communities (see “Adding Community IP Ad-
dresses” on page 139 and “Deleting a Community IP Address” on page 140)
NOTE:
To set the SNMP properties, you must register the SNMP system group information including the
device name, contact information, and location of the array to be managed in XP Remote Web
Console's main panel (Identity panel) (see Figure 46).
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