SNMP Configuration and Management Manual

Introduction to SCF for the SNMP Agent
SNMP Configuration and Management Manual—424777-006
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Objects
Objects
In HP systems, a subsystem is represented as a collection of objects that describe a
set of services or resources. An object is a distinct entity that management software
can query and control. Objects might represent real resources or a relationship
between resources. There might be multiple instances of some objects, but not others.
For example, in each NonStop agent environment, there can be only one PROCESS
object, but many TRAPDEST objects.
Each subsystem object is identified by an object type and an object name:
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The object type describes the nature of the object, such as a PROCESS or
TRAPDEST (trap destination).
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The object name uniquely identifies an object within the system.
The following objects are supported for HP SNMP:
Object Attributes
Most objects have an associated set of attributes. Each object attribute identifies some
characteristic of that object. To define an attribute with the ADD command or to change
it with the ALTER command, you provide an attribute specifier, consisting of an
attribute name and a value. You can add or alter several attributes of an object in a
single command. Default values exist for most attributes.
The INFO command displays the current attribute values for an object. In the display
generated by the INFO command, attributes whose values can be altered are
preceded by an asterisk. For example:
15-> INFO TRAPDEST $ZSNMP.#TRAP
SNMP Info TRAPDEST
Name *Network *Hostaddr *Community
$ZSNMP.#TRAP \EAST.$ZTC0 130.252.85.199 T16
16->
PROCESS object The PROCESS object represents a NonStop agent process
running on an HP system
ENDPOINT object The ENDPOINT object type represents a network interface
the NonStop agent process uses to accept manager
requests and return responses
PROFILE object The PROFILE object type represents an entry in the
authentication table which the NonStop agent process
consults to determine whether to accept an incoming
request.
TRAPDEST object The TRAPDEST object type represents a manager to which
the NonStop agent process can send trap messages.