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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 performs a specific set of actions
on managed devices.
Insight Manager 7 includes SNMP Extensions Toolkit, a group of components that allows you to
manipulate your management environment. You can use SNMP Extensions from the graphical
user interface of Insight Manager 7 or from the command line.
SNMP Extensions consists of the following components.
• SNMP MIB Registration
• SNMP MIB Upload
• MIB Check
• Trap Editor
• Trap Categories Editor
• Command Line Utility
take control of
the management
environment
Over time, the typical network changes in topology, function, and content. As an administrator,
you are challenged to manage devices that are not fully recognized by your management
application. How can you address the problem of classifying the devices? SNMP Extensions can
help you by providing ways to add input to your network management.
management
basics
To use SNMP Extensions successfully, you should be familiar with the following terms and
concepts.
Management—Management is the process of acquiring information about devices on a network
or enterprise. Management if performed when an application, such as Insight Manager 7,
requests data or accepts traps (a type of message) from devices on a network. The management
application communicates the request and receives responses to the request using a protocol like
SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) for communication.
SNMP—SNMP is the most commonly used protocol for exchanging management information
between devices. SNMP retrieves data from a target device. The data is accessed through an
SNMP agent, a program that interrogates the device and returns the response to the
management application. In order for the devices to be monitored (read) or controlled (written
to) by a management application, an agent must reside on the device or interact with the
device. The data about the device is found in a MIB (Management Information Base).
MIB—A MIB is a repository of information. A MIB describes manageable objects or devices. (An
SNMP manageable object and an Insight Manager 7 device are generally equivalent. Either
term refers to SNMP-manageable entities).
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