You can use the SAN Volume Controller Console to
specify a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) server to receive
event notifications from the cluster. You can specify up to six SNMP
servers to receive notifications.
This task assumes that you have already launched the SAN Volume Controller Console.
SNMP is the standard protocol for managing networks and
exchanging messages. SNMP enables the SAN Volume Controller to
send external messages that notify personnel about an event. You can
use an SNMP manager to view the messages that the SNMP agent sends.
Complete
the following steps to add a new SNMP server to receive event notifications
from the cluster:
- Click in the portfolio. The Viewing SNMP Error Notification
Settings panel displays.
- Select Add a Server from the task
list and click Go. The Add a New SNMP Server
panel displays.
- On the Adding a New SNMP Server panel, provide the following
information for the new SNMP server:
- Server Name
- Enter a new name for the SNMP server. A valid name is 1 to 15
ASCII characters. The following characters can be used: a - z, A -
Z, 0 - 9, -, _. The name cannot begin with a number or the hyphen
(-) character. Names starting with snmp are reserved for SAN Volume Controller default
names.
- IP Address
- Select the appropriate address format and specify a valid IP address
for the SNMP server.
- Port
- Enter the port value that corresponds with the IP address for
the SNMP server.
Note: The usual value for the SNMP port is 162, but
this must be verified.
- Community
- Enter a name for the SNMP community. A valid name is 1 to 60 ASCII
characters.
- Send Error Notifications
- Select this option to send notifications with the type of error to
the SNMP server.
- Send Warning Notifications
- Select this option to send notifications with the type of warning to
the SNMP server.
- Send Informational Notifications
- Select this option to send notifications with the type of informational to
the SNMP server.
- Click OK to add the SNMP server.