IBM DS8870 Architecture and Implementation (Release 7.5)

Monitoring with Simple Network Management Protocol

This chapter provides information about the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) implementation and messages for the DS8870 storage system.

This chapter covers the following topics:

•SNMP implementation on the DS8870

•SNMP notifications

•SNMP configuration

 – SNMP preparation

 – SNMP configuration with the HMC

 – SNMP configuration with the DS CLI

14.1 SNMP implementation on the DS8870

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), as used by the DS8870, is designed so that the DS8870 sends traps ...