Monitoring Your Device With An Snmp Management Tool - Lenovo px12-400r User Manual

Monitoring Your Device with an SNMP Management Tool

SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) provides information about the state of the px12-400r
Network Storageto various administrative computers, known as managers. When the SNMP protocol is
enabled on a device, SNMP agent software on the device reports information to the managers, and an
administrator user can perform some configuration of the px12-400r through the manager. Information that
comes from the px12-400r is called a trap. Managers and the px12-400r must be running on the same
network.
SNMP should be disabled unless you are specifically providing information to a management system that
requires this information.
Configuring SNMP settings
1. To enable SNMP, click the switch on.
2. Enter a unique username and password to define the community.
3. Confirm your password.
4. Enter the IP address of the host in the Trap Receivers text box. To grant access to multiple
receivers, list all of them in the text box, separating each entry with a space.
5. Click Apply to save your settings.
To change any SNMP settings, click
SNMP Traps
A px12-400r can provide various traps to a manager. These traps provide information on the current state
of the px12-400r.
Traps include:
A drive may have either failed or been removed
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Multiple drives may have either failed or been removed
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The device encountered a file system corruption
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SNMP MIB File for the px12-400r
The management information base (MIB) file is a database of various device object types, which a
manager can change. Examples of MIB objects are:
deviceName — the name of the px12-400r network storage device
diskName — the name of drives on the px12-400r network storage device
conTable — a table for the connected client count
raidStatus — a description of the RAID status. Values are Normal, Rebuilding, Degraded, RebuildFS,
and Faulted.
The MIB file is available for downloading by entering the following URL in your browser:
http://<devicename>/manage/mibs/lenovoemcmib.txt
where <devicename> is the model name for your px12-400r unless you have
.
set a custom device name.
Using Protocols to Share Files
Sharing Files
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