Recovering Provisioning; Changing Lan Parameters; Snmp - Avocent MERGEPOINT 53XX SP MANAGER Installer/User Manual

54 MergePoint Service Processor Manager SP53XX Installer/User Guide

Recovering provisioning

You can recover the original provisioning based on the configuration already in place at the
target device.
To recover provisioning for a device:
1. In the side navigation bar, click a target device name.
2. Click the Configuration tab.
3. In the top navigation bar, click Recover. The Provisioning Recover window appears.
4. Click Provisioning Recover.
NOTE: The Provisioning Recover button is only available after the provisioning on this target device is performed
successfully and confirmed.

Changing LAN parameters

To change LAN parameters:
1. In the side navigation bar, click a target device name.
2. Click the Configuration tab.
3. In the top navigation bar, click LAN. The LAN window appears.
4. From the IP Address Source drop-down menu, select Static or DHCP as the source type. If you
select Static as the source type, specify the target device's IP address, subnet mask and
gateway IP address in the fields provided.
NOTE: If you select DHCP, the target device's IP address is dynamically distributed from a DHCP server and the
fields for configuring a static IP cannot be edited.
5. Click Apply.

SNMP

The SNMP agent provides access to the MergePoint SP manager through an SNMP management
application, such as HP Openview, Novell NMS, IBM NetView or Sun Net Manager and provides
proxy access to SNMP data from connected service processors that implement SNMP agents. The
SNMP agent can be configured to send notifications (also known as traps) about significant events
on the MergePoint SP manager and on target devices.
The administrator must configure the SNMP agent to use the version of SNMP supported by the
management application, SNMP v1, v2c or v3. The use of v3 is strongly encouraged wherever
possible because it provides authentication and encryption of data that is lacking in v1 and v2c.
Access to information provided by the MergePoint SP manager and its proxy target devices can be
obtained in either of the two following ways:
• The recommended access method for agents which support only SNMP version 1 or 2c is
through a proxy on the MergePoint SP manager. The MergePoint SP manager provides the