Supported Internet Protocols; Simple Network Management Protocol (Snmp) Messaging - IBM TS2900 Setup, Operator, And Service Manual

Supported Internet Protocols

The TS2900 Tape Autoloader supports the Internet protocols:
v IPv4
v IPv6
To learn more about IPv4, visit http://www.iana.org/. To learn more about IPv6, visit
http://www.ipv6.org/..

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) messaging

Occasionally, the library might encounter a situation that you want to know about, such as an open
magazine or a fault that causes the library to stop. The library provides a standard TCP/IP protocol
called Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). SNMP can send alerts about conditions (such as
need for operator intervention) over a TCP/IP LAN network to an SNMP monitoring station. These alerts
are called SNMP traps. With the information that is supplied in each SNMP trap, the monitoring station
(together with customer-supplied software) can alert operations personnel of possible problems or
operator interventions that occur.
All of the IBM automation products support SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) and all of
them support SNMP read and walk capability.
The new Configuration capability of SNMP Query provides a common Management Information Base
(MIB) across all of the IBM tape libraries. This capability allows a product administrator to audit the
settings of all of their IBM tape libraries to ensure that they comply with their own policies.
SNMP traps
SNMP Traps are alerts or status messages that can be collected, monitored, and used to proactively
manage attached libraries with SNMP protocol with the SNMP monitoring stations. In summary, each
trap provides the following information.
v Product Identification such as product name, description, manufacturer, model number, firmware
level, and the URL that the trap is designated for.
v Product Status such as the severity of the trap, status (current and previous) and the time the trap
occurred.
v Library State (physical device status) such as identification and status of devices that is monitored. It
would include enclosure, power supply, controller, magazine status, drive count, cartridge slot count,
and I/O station count. Also included would be certain library statistics, and where appropriate, the
fault FSC (fault symptom code) including the severity and description of that fault.
v Drive Status such as the identification of each drive in the library, firmware level, serial number, and
other address and status information.
v Trap Definitions such as library status change, open magazine, I/O accessed, hard fault information,
requests to clean the drive, excessive retries, and returning to normal operations.
v SNMP MIBs The library's MIB contains units of information that specifically describe an aspect of the
system, such as the system name, hardware number, or communications configuration. When with
SNMP to monitor your TS2900 Tape Autoloader, make sure that the TS2900 MIB file is loaded on your
SNMP monitoring station. SNMP traps are sent to the SNMP monitoring stations that are defined for
your library (see "Configuring trap notifications" on page 48). Download the SNMP MIB file for this
library from http://www.ibm.com/storage/support.
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