Configuring the New Disk Devices  4-3 
Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V/VM Configuration Guide for SGI
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Host Attachment 
SNMP Remote System Management 
SNMP is a part of the TCP/IP protocol suite that supports maintenance 
functions for storage and communication devices. The USP V uses SNMP to 
transfer status and management commands to the SNMP Manager on the 
UNIX/PC server host via a notebook PC (see 
Figure 4-1). When the SNMP 
manager requests status information or when a service information message 
(SIM) occurs, the SNMP agent on the USP V notifies the SNMP manager on the 
UNIX/PC server. Notification of USP V error conditions is made in real time, 
providing the UNIX/PC server user with the same level of monitoring and 
support available to the mainframe user. The SIM reporting via SNMP enables 
the user to monitor the USP V from the UNIX/PC server host. 
When a SIM occurs, the USP V SNMP agent initiates trap operations, which 
alert the SNMP manager of the SIM condition. The SNMP manager receives the 
SIM traps from the SNMP agent, and can request information from the SNMP 
agent at any time. 
   
 
Note: The user is responsible for configuring the SNMP manager on the SGI 
IRIX server host. For assistance with SNMP manager configuration on the SGI 
IRIX server host, refer to the user documentation, or contact the vendor’s 
technical support. 
 
Private LAN
Error Info. 
Public LAN 
SNMP 
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Notebook 
PC 
UNIX/PC 
Server  
 
SIM 
 
Figure 4-1  Example of a USP V SNMP Environment