Calrec Hydra2, Installation Manual

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CALREC
Putting Sound in the Picture
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SNMP AGENT - CURRENT AWACS STATUS TAB
SNMP AGENT - SNMP CONFIGURATION TAB
SNMP AGENT - HTTP CONFIGURATION TAB
AWACS OVER SNMP
All Calrec consoles feature AWACS
(Advanced Warning And Correction
System). AWACS messages can be
managed centrally using an SNMP
(Simple Network Management
Protocol) server.
All Calrec console and Master Router PCs
provide an SNMP agent to forward error
and warning messages to a central SNMP
server, allowing equipment faults to be
monitored and managed from a central
location. A connection can also be made
to a second SNMP server if required for
redundancy.
ConnectingtotheSNMPserver
A USB to ethernet adapter is provided
with each console PC for connecting
to your central SNMP server. If multiple
SNMP servers are used this connection
should be made to a network switch to
allow multiple onwards connections.
Router cores are provided with a rack
mount PC which has a spare ethernet
port to be used for connecting to your
central SNMP server.
In both cases the ethernet ports used
must be configured to be in range of your
central SNMP server before configuration
can continue.
ConfiguringtheSNMPAgent
Each console/router core PC’s SNMP
agent must be configured individually. This
can be done from the local PC by opening
Google Chrome and entering ‘localhost’
in the address bar as shown here. SNMP
agents can also be configured remotely by
entering the IP address of the PC where
the SNMP agent is running, including the
port number (default: 80).
The SNMP Agent interface has 3 tabs.
The Current AWACS Status tab shows
a list of the current AWACS errors and
warnings for the console or router that you
are accessing.
Enter the IP address of the facility’s
main SNMP server within the SNMP
configuration tab under ‘address 1’; this is
where the SNMP agent and SNMP server
are connected together. If a seccond
SNMP server is used enter it’s IP address
under ‘address 2’. After making any
changes, click SUBMIT & RESTART.
The HTTP configuration tab allows you
to set the port number for access to the
SNMP agent configuration interface,
the default is port 80. If changes are
made here, the port will need to be
specified when accessing the SNMP
agent interface, for example, if the port
is changed to 10, type ‘Localhost:10’
in Chrome’s address bar to access the
SNMP agent interface. After making any
changes, click SUBMIT & RESTART.
ScopeofAWACSoverSNMP
Only AWACS error and warning messages
are sent via SNMP, information messages
are not sent. When errors are corrected,
the relevant AWACS messages are
cleared from the PC Main application
and are simultaneously cleared from the
SNMP server.