IBM System Storage TS2900, Setup, Operator, And Service Manual

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TS2900 Tape Autoloader Setup, Operator, and Service Guide
– Error, Warning, and Information events
• Trap List — IP addresses of the SNMP monitoring stations to be notified when an
event takes place and the security settings.
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Validity — Enable/Disable setting.
– Trap version — v1, v2c, or v3. For v2c and v3, the Inform checkbox determines
whether an SNMP INFORM request is sent instead of a trap event.
– IP address — IPv4 and IPv6 addresses are supported.
– Community (v1 or v2c) — SNMP community name.
– User name (v3 only) — SNMPv3 unique user name.
– Authentication (v3 only) — Authentication algorithm, MD5 or SHA. When an
algorithm is specified, an authentication password and confirmation of the
password are required.
– Privacy (v3 only) — Privacy service encryption and decryption algorithm, DES
or AES. When an algorithm is specified, a privacy password and confirmation of
the password are required.
• SNMPv3 User List — SNMPv3 users who are permitted to access the tape library.
– Validity — Enable/Disable setting.
– User name — SNMPv3 unique user name.
– Authentication — Authentication algorithm, MD5 or SHA. When an algorithm
is specified, an authentication password and confirmation of the password are
required.
– Privacy — Privacy service encryption and decryption algorithm, DES or AES.
When an algorithm is specified, a privacy password and confirmation of the
password are required.
Click Test to send a test trap to the IP addresses enabled in the Trap to fields.
Click Submit to transfer the settings to the library. A dialog message is displayed
when the settings have been updated successfully.
Click Refresh to read the current settings from the library.
Saving and Restoring Configuration Settings
Your library configuration can be saved and restored automatically by a cookie and
manually by using the Web User Interface. It is recommended that you use the Web
User Interface method regardless of whether or not you use the cookie method.
Important: Verify all configuration settings after restoring your library configuration.
Reset the library date and time (see “Configuring Date and Time
Settings” on page 4-25).
Saving/restoring Configuration Automatically using Cookies
If allowed by your web browser preference settings, cookies are employed to
automatically save your library configuration on your host computer and
automatically restore your library configuration if your library network configuration
uses a static IP address. The following flowchart illustrates how VPD data is saved
from and restored to a library using cookies.