Page 2 - Insight Manager 7 SNMP Extensions utility; abstract; Management—
Insight Manager 7 SNMP Extensions utility abstract Insight Manager 7 is a systems management application that lets you monitor the status of a device, its component objects, and their attributes. Insight Manager 7 reports on the device status, creates event and trap reports on device conditions, and...
Page 3 - Insight Manager 7 to monitor and control the devices.
Insight Manager 7 SNMP Extensions utility The MIB is a virtual mapping of variables to physical hardware and its related devices. SNMP abstracts the control of the device through these variables. The below figure illustrates the interaction of the management application, the agents on a device, and ...
Page 4 - variable name and
Insight Manager 7 SNMP Extensions utility variable name and description OID data type value Syslocation The physical location of this node. (For example, the telephone closet, 3 rd floor). 1.3.6.1.2.1.1.6 ASCII String MRO1-2/KL24 SysDescr A textual description of the entity. This value should includ...
Page 5 - cpqclusterFailed; binding content
Insight Manager 7 SNMP Extensions utility information retrieved from MIBS MIBs often organize their information by object groups that contain a related collection of variables. MIB variables contain attributes that include: • The data type • A textual description • The read or write access • Whether...
Page 6 - Exploring your network
Insight Manager 7 SNMP Extensions utility In order to send and receive traps, the managed object and the management application must be configured correctly: • The managed object must have a trap destination to direct traps to the server running the management application. • The management server mu...
Page 7 - IMPORTANT; Insight Manager 7 Technical Reference Guide
Insight Manager 7 SNMP Extensions utility In addition to external MIB sources for third-party devices, you can continue to register new releases of HP MIBs that are distributed between releases of Insight Manager 7. New MIBs are distributed periodically on Management CDs. For the latest versions of ...
Page 9 - starting SNMP; page is displayed, click the; Tools; and click; MIB Registration; MIBs and the options you have for working with them.
Insight Manager 7 SNMP Extensions utility starting SNMP Extensions 1. Browse to Insight Manager 7 on the server system using the URL for the server. For example: http://server_name:280/ 2. After the Device Overview page is displayed, click the Tools tab. 3. Select SNMP Extensions and click MIB Regis...
Page 10 - registering a MIB
Insight Manager 7 SNMP Extensions utility registering a MIB Registration of a MIB compiles the information into the Insight Manager 7 database. MIBs require a short interval to become fully registered. The more information, such as the number of traps, the longer the registration takes. When you reg...
Page 12 - unregistering a MIB; MIB upload
Insight Manager 7 SNMP Extensions utility unregistering a MIB Unregistering removes the MIB information from the database along with the dependent MIBs and removes any associated events, whether the information comes from the MIB or from its REV editfile. Unless you remove the MIB from the \Mibs dir...
Page 13 - editing a MIB
Insight Manager 7 SNMP Extensions utility editing a MIB Begin on the SNMP Extensions MIB Registration page. Select a MIB from the Registered MIBs column. 1. Click Edit Registered MIB . The SNMP Trap Edit page opens. On the edit page, the traps associated with the selected MIB are displayed for editi...
Page 15 - using trap categories
Insight Manager 7 SNMP Extensions utility using trap categories Trap Categories are logical groupings of SNMP traps. Categories are used to sort the Event by Type criteria list. SNMP Extensions lets you modify existing assignments by moving traps between categories. SNMP Extensions also enables you ...
Page 17 - require you to specify a specific instance of the OID.; field purpose
Insight Manager 7 SNMP Extensions utility Note : To take full advantage of the SNMP Explorer, you should be familiar with MIB-II structure and variables. You can examine MIB variables of any registered MIB in SNMP Explorer with the exception of complex variables, which have OIDs with lists or tables...
Page 19 - verifiying the SNMP; Change the settings as necessary on the; symbol or convention; the command syntax
Insight Manager 7 SNMP Extensions utility verifiying the SNMP settings If you are an administrator, you can change the SNMP settings on the fly. This is useful if you need to change the community string, timeouts, or retries. 1. Click Show Device Settings . 2. Change the settings as necessary on the...
Page 20 - command switches; The command line program uses the following switches:; switches purpose
Insight Manager 7 SNMP Extensions utility The above command generates an editfile for corrections. The mibfile name is the name of the MIB with the .mib extension added on. mCompile [-c [-n "trapHandlerClass"] (-C <mibfile.mib> | <mibfile.rev>) The above command applies changes t...
Page 21 - The command line program runs from an MS-DOS Prompt window. To open a; DOS; In the; Open; command to change the default installation directory is:
Insight Manager 7 SNMP Extensions utility running the mCompile command The command line program runs from an MS-DOS Prompt window. To open a DOS window: 1. From the desktop, click Start —> Run . In the Open field, enter cmd.exe. 2. Click OK . 3. Change to the directory where Insight Manager 7 is ...
Page 24 - that the MIBs can be found as specified.
Insight Manager 7 SNMP Extensions utility troubleshooting a failed registration The MIB may not register. If the MIB registration is unsuccessful, a message is displayed with a possible explanation. Registration most often fails for the following circumstances: • The program cannot import a dependen...
Page 25 - with line 65 commented out.
Insight Manager 7 SNMP Extensions utility MapleConnection: Real Close!! protocol.snmp.MibMgr.db.dbSql:173 freed: false Compile Done compiling a MIB with an Error: badmib.MIB The following is an example of an invalid MIB. The nctmgt.mib was renamed to badmib.mib and line 65 was commented out. The mod...
Page 26 - IMPORTS; ERROR LINE: the following line was commented out; intervention
Insight Manager 7 SNMP Extensions utility -- ema OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dec 2 } -– BADMIB.mib -- -- Description: -- This BAD MIB NTCMGT-MIB DEFINITIONS ::= BEGIN IMPORTS mgmt, enterprises, NetworkAddress, IpAddress, Counter, Gauge, TimeTicks FROM RFC1155-SMI OBJECT-TYPE FROM RFC-1212 DisplayString ...
Page 34 - for more; To learn more about Insight Manager 7, see the; Management
Insight Manager 7 SNMP Extensions utility -- -- TRAP: ntcTransitionTrap -- ntcTransitionTrap TRAP-TYPE ENTERPRISE ntcMgt VARIABLES { ntcLastTransMember, ntcLastTransGroup, ntcLastTransOnline, ntcLastTransTimestamp, ntcLastTransSequence, ntcLastTransReason } DESCRIPTION "Generated when a group tr...
