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MIB-Integration into your NMS
Standard-NMS Installations require for each device to be monitored its specific MIB
(Management Information Base). To monitore the CS121 the Standard-MIB for UPS-systems,
RFC1628, is generally to be integrated into your NMS.
To identify CS121 adapters in your network you may use the MAC address. The MAC address
of every CS121 adapter starts with 00-03-05-02-XX-XX, whereas this address can be found in
the Telnet menu (menu: IP address, gateway address, MIB system group).
Your SNMP adapter is now installed and fully functional. Please read the following for
configuration and functionality descriptions of the adapter.
The MIB is to be loaded onto each SNMP Management Station that is monitoring an UPS via
an UPS SNMP Agent. The MIB determines which UPS parameters can be monitored and
controlled with the SNMP commands „get“ and „set“.
To complete the SNMP adapter installation and configuration process, you must compile the
necessary MIBs to configure the NMS. Any NMS with a MIB compiler can manage the SNMP
adapter.
Perform a „get" and a „set". If the get or set command fail, check the SNMP adapter access
control. The manager must have read permission to execute a get command and read / write
permission to execute a set command successfully.
For instructions on how to compile MIBs for the most popular NMSs - Novell's NetWare
Management Station, Hewlett-Packard´s OpenView Network Node Manager, and SunConnect;
SunNet Manager; see the corresponding heading below.
Please note that the CS121 uses the standard MIB, which is included in most SNMP software
already. This MIB is called UPSMIB and corresponds with the Standard RFC1628. In most
cases compiling of the MIB is not required as it can be found under:
iso.org.dod.internet.mgmt.mib2.upsMIB
Please check your MIB directory before compiling the RFC1628!
Configure the NMS
Set/compile the device MIB, if there is no standard UPS MIB RFC 1628 (CS121 only!)
Add the SNMP adapter object to the management map and configuration of the events (e.g.
message to the operator)
Ping the SNMP adapter
Due to the different compilation procedures of the SNMP software products, it is not possible
to explain the general procedures in greater detail. The compilation of a MIB file is explained in
the general SNMP software manuals. Please contact the support, if you cannot resolve errors
using this manual.
After the compilation the UPS software can be polled via a MIB browser and data can be read.
Please choose the corresponding MIB variable or string of MIB variable and set the destination
address TCP/IP of the adapter. The adapter will answer with the UPS data.
Alternatively the Windows UPSMON, JAVAMON or the UPS SNMP WATCH of the DataWatch
Pro Software can be used. The UPS data will then be displayed graphically and internal UPS
information, which are only useful to the technical support, will be hidden. In addition to this,
the UPS SNMP WATCH is able to manage groups of UPS devices, in order to manage parallel
redundant UPS systems.
As an optional add-on for the HP OpenView software, a snap-in may be ordered for
UPSMAN/CS121.
Note: (SNAP-IN FOR HP OPENVIEW for WINDOWS NT, SNAP-IN FOR HP
OPENVIEW for HP UNIX). This software implements itself into the HP
Openview Node Manager surface and displays UPS devices as objects
in the colors GREEN (OK), GREEN and RED (Alarm). With a mouse
click, the graphic window starts (JAVAMON or Windows UPSMON) and
displays current UPS data.
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