OVNM 5.3 - Operations Agent for NonStop SNMP Adapter Guide

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Preface
Designed to meet the practical needs of the HP NonStop environment, this OVNM SNMP Adapter Guide
explains the concepts behind SNMP Adapter and illustrates all the facets of the software. This Guide contains all
the information necessary to understand SNMP Adapter and to use it effectively to solve your Enterprise
management issues.
Before You Begin
As the administrator who administers the SNMP Adapter, you should be familiar with the HP NonStop Servers,
network protocols, client/server architecture and basic Microsoft Windows navigation.
Who Should Read This Guide
The target audiences for the Guide are the people working in the systems operation/support groups of SNMP
Adapter.
Goals of Documentation
After reading the SNMP Adapter Guide, you should know the following information.
• What is SNMP Adapter?
• Features and Benefits of SNMP Adapter
• Architecture and process flow of SNMP Adapter
Organization
The guide is organized as follows:
Sr. No
Chapter Name
Description
Chapter 1.
SNMP Adapter: An Introduction
An introduction to the features and benefits of SNMP
Adapter. It also covers the architecture and data flow.
Chapter 2. Installing SNMP Adapter Lists hardware and software requirements for SNMP Adapter
installation along with steps for installing and uninstalling the
software on Windows and UNIX workstation.
Chapter 3.
Displaying Events on NNM
List the procedure for displaying the HP NonStop events on
NNM.
Chapter 4. Displaying Events on BMC Event Browser List the procedure for displaying the HP NonStop events on
BMC Event Browser.
Chapter 5.
Displaying Events on Netcool
List the procedure for displaying the HP NonStop events on
Netcool.
Appendix A.
Installation Information
Information for installing SNMP Adapter.
Appendix B.
AdapterConf File Parameters
Lists the various parameters in the AdapterConf File.
Appendix C Sample Jetty-XML File Lists the various parameters in the Jetty-XML File , and
describes a sample file.
Electronic Versions of the Manuals
All manuals are available as Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files in the documentation directory on the
HP OVNM Adapter for SNMP product CD-ROM. All manuals are also available in the HP web server directory.
For details, contact the appropriate HP support service.
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