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Titan SiliconServer
On Windows 2000, Windows 2003, or Windows XP computers, no further setup is needed to
receive and display popups. However, on Windows 98 computers, winpopup.exe must be
running to display the popups.
Setting Up an SNMP Agent
The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a standard protocol used for managing
different devices connected to a network. An SNMP agent can be set up so that Network
Management Stations (NMS) or SNMP managers can access its management information.
Titan supports SNMP versions 1 and 2c.
SNMP Statistics
Statistics
are available to monitor SNMP activity since Titan was last started or its statistics
were reset. The statistics are updated every ten seconds.
The Management Information Base
The SNMP agent maintains a ‘database’ of information called a
Management Information Base
(MIB). Data in the MIB is organized in a treelike structure. Each item of data has a unique object
identifier (OID), which is written as a series of numbers separated by dots-- known as the ASN.1
notation.
BlueArc’s SNMP agent not only supports the MIB-II specification as described in RFC1213, but
also provides the BlueArc Enterprise MIB module, making management facilities available
beyond those in the MIB-II specification. Download BlueArc’s Enterprise MIB module from the
SMU, or contact
BlueArc Global Services
for the latest BlueArc Enterprise MIB module.
BlueArc’s Enterprise MIB module is compiled for SNMP v2c, and is defined in two modules,
BLUEARC-SERVER-MIB and BLUEARC-TITAN-MIB.
Note:
When loading (compiling) the BlueArc enterprise MIB module in IBM’s
Tivoli management application, the MIB module is loaded by selecting
Tools
>
MIBs
>
SNMPv2
>
Load
page options as opposed to
the
Tools
>
MIBs
>
Load page
option.
Implementing SNMP Security
By default, the SNMP agent does not permit access to the
Management Information Base
(MIB).
Access is enabled by specifying:
•
The
version
of the SNMP protocol with which requests must comply.
•
The
community names
of the SNMP hosts and their associated access levels.
•
The
IP address or name
of hosts from which requests may be accepted (or just choose to
accept requests from any host).
