IBM DS8880 Architecture and Implementation (Release 8)

Monitoring with Simple Network Management Protocol

This chapter provides information about Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) implementation and messages for the IBM DS8880 storage system.

This chapter covers the following topics:

•SNMP implementation on the DS8880

•SNMP notifications

•SNMP configuration

14.1 SNMP implementation on the DS8880

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), as used by the DS8880, is designed so that the DS8880 sends traps only if a notification is necessary. The traps can be sent to a defined IP address.

SNMP ...