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Introduction to SCF for the SNMP Agent
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SCF and the DSM Family of Products
If you start the NonStop agent with its built-in defaults, you can use SCF to modify the
default configuration values. If you start the NonStop agent without any predefined
configuration values, you can enter the complete configuration through SCF.
SCF and the DSM Family of Products
SCF is part of the Distributed Systems Management (DSM) family of products. DSM
provides applications, services, and tools to help you manage the operations of
networks of distributed systems. Its architecture and interfaces to help you automate
management of such networks.
Subsystem Programmatic Interface
The management services provided by DSM depend on the Subsystem Programmatic
Interface (SPI), a set of procedures, data definitions, and protocols that support the
interface between the operations and subsystem environments. SPI is the foundation
on which some management applications are built, and the foundation of the SCF
interface to HP subsystems that support SPI.
The Subsystem Control Point
SCF provides an operator interface to an intermediate process called the Subsystem
Control Point (SCP). The SCP process is a network-management process that
receives and distributes messages sent by SCF to HP subsystems. The SCP process
provides the interface between SCF and the NonStop agent, as
Figure 4-1 illustrates.
The SCP process provides security (by restricting access to sensitive commands),
version control, and tracing support for subsystems, and it supports NonStop
application processes. SCF automatically opens and closes the SCP process as
needed. For more information on the SCP process, refer to the
SCF Reference Manual
for SCP .
Figure 4-1. Overview of SCF
Command
(OBEY) File
SCP SCF SNMP Agent
Other
Subsystem
Managers
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