Filter
Top Products
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 must be configured to receive the traps.
• The correct SNMP security needs to be established between the managed device and
the management server using SNMP community strings, a type of authentication. If the
community strings do not match, communication between the devices does not occur.
• The management application must understand the format of the trap.
how can SNMP
Extensions help?
SNMP Extensions can help because it enables you to extend the SNMP V1.0 Management
Information Base (MIB) of Insight Manager 7. SNMP Extensions lets you fully explore most
devices on your network, broaden the scope of your network management, and prepare you to
manage the network of the future.
Exploring your network—You can achieve greater understanding of your network because you
can interrogate most MIB variables that have been incorporated into SNMP-compliant devices.
Better understanding of the variables makes it easier to create Insight Manager 7 tasks that are
based on SNMP events.
Broadening your management scope—Most likely, your network includes third-party devices.
Insight Manager 7 ships with a variety of third-party MIBs, not all Third-party MIBs are registered
by default. Using SNMP Extension, you can register the third-party MIBs.
Registration of third-party MIBs improves manageability in several ways:
• Registration enables the discovery process of third-party devices
• Registration adds event recognition
• Registration enhances event display
New versions of MIBs are available periodically. SNMP Extensions allows you to update your
MIB database to the latest MIB revisions so you can discover and identify new devices using the
latest information about the devices.
SNMP Extensions adds to event recognition by allowing you to optimize the event data to
individual network requirements. For Example, you can include references to maintenance
procedures. SNMP Extensions also permits you to construct your own interpretation of device
events through the use of Trap Categories. You can organize your device maintenance by
creating logical event categories. Then, exercise your judgment in assigning events to them.
Furthermore, you can use the event categories to query for events according to a category of
traps.
Preparing your network for the future—As time goes by, new network devices will be developed
that you wish to add to your network. You can add the new devices, discover, and identify them
if you have an associated MIB to register.
6