NetWare 4.1/9000 supports SNMP (Simple Network Management
Protocol). SNMP is a means for sharing information about managed
objects which exist on a network device, such as a system, a printer,
a bridge, etc., with interested network managers (e.g. OpenView
Network Node Manager). It uses the same set of MIBs (Management
Informatiion Bases) provided in the Native (Intel-based) NetWare
4.1 product.
HP's OpenView Network Node Manager is the primary
tool for utilizing SNMP-based network management information on
an HP-UX platform. This tool discovers and maps network-attached
systems and devices and then monitors their status. Network Node
Manager also provides a strong framework for integrating additional
HP or 3rd party products.
The primary operations in this protocol are the following:
Get Request/Response: allows a manager
to ask an agent for a value and the agent to respond with the answer.
Set Request/Response: allows a manager to modify
a value at the agent and for the agent to confirm the success or
failure of the set.
Trap: allows an agent to send an unsolicited notification
to the manager that an important event has occurred (e.g. device
going on/offline).
SNMP also defines a format for objects which can be accessed,
the Management Information Base (MIB). The MIB is defined using
a grammar defined in the Structure of Management Information (SMI)
format. This grammar concisely defines the objects being managed,
the data types these objects take, a description of how the object
can be used, whether the object is read-only or read-write and an
identifier for this object.
Two SNMP subagents that run on the NetWare 4.1/9000 product
are nwumpsd (transport) and nwumd
(services). These subagents, when enabled, collect information as
specified in the NetWare MIBS. These subagents use EMANATE to communicate
with the master agent, snmpd.
The MIBS used by the NetWare transport (protocol stack) subagents
are: ipx.mib (objects with information about the IPX stack), nwudiag.mib
(objects with information about nwdiagd tables), nwuspx.mib
( objects with information about the SPX stack), and ripsap.mib
(objects with information about RIP and SAP tables).
The MIBs used by the NetWare services subagents are: nwalarm.mib
(alerts/traps defined which can be generated by nwumd) and nwserver.mib
(objects with information points specific to portable NetWare).
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 | NOTE: Although all the native mibs are provided, along with
some mibs specific to the NetWare 4.1/9000 products, such as nwuservr.mib,
not all the objects in the mibs are supported. For example, none
of the NetWare Loadable Module (NLM) objects are supported since
there are no NLM's in the NetWare 4.1/9000 product. Also
due to the configuration structure of the NetWare 4.1/9000 product
all read-write objects supported by NetWare 4.1/9000 subagents are
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SNMP Transport Configuration |
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Log into the system as root.
At the HP-UX prompt, type: sam
Double click Networking and Communications
at the SAM main window.
Double click NetWare at the
Networking and Communications window.
Double click Networking Configuration
configuration at the NetWare window.
Choose Set Global Networking Parameters from the
"Actions" menu.
Enable (Select) NPS Network Management.
SNMP Services Configuration |
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Log into the system as root.
At the HP-UX prompt, type: sam
Double click Networking and Communications
at the SAM main window.
Double click NetWare at the
Networking and Communications window.
Double click File and Print Services Configuration
configuration at the NetWare window.
Choose Set Global File and Print Services Parameters
from the "Actions" menu.
Enable (Select) NWU Network Management.
When you have finished configuring SNMP, save your changes
and exit from SAM.
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