SNMP Configuration and Management Manual

TCP/IP Subagent
SNMP Configuration and Management Manual—424777-006
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Before Starting the TCP/IP Subagent
Compile the ZTSAMIB file (and the RFC1213 file if necessary) as described in the
documentation provided with your SNMP manager. Compiling the MIB makes it
possible for the SNMP manager to display the names (rather than only numeric object
identifiers) of MIB objects.
Once the MIB definition files have been compiled, the TCP/IP Subagent can be
started.
Before Starting the TCP/IP Subagent
The SNMP agent must be running before you start the TCP/IP Subagent. Start the
SNMP agent with the RUN command, as described in Section 2, Installing and
Configuring the SNMP Agent. For example:
RUN SNMPAGT /NAME $agent-process, NOWAIT/
If the SNMP agent is not available when the TCP/IP Subagent is started, the subagent
fails to start. If the SNMP agent disappears after the TCP/IP Subagent starts, the
subagent enters a loop trying to reconnect to the SNMP agent at the rate specified in
its ztsakeepAliveTimer object.
In addition, for the TCP/IP Subagent to communicate with a HP TCP/IP subsystem, the
SCP process ($ZNET, or the SCP process specified for the -scp startup parameter)
must be running. If the SCP process is not available, the TCP/IP Subagent enters a
loop trying to reconnect to it at the rate specified in its ztsaKeepAliveTimer object.
Starting the TCP/IP Subagent
Start the TCP/IP Subagent using the TACL RUN command. Ensure that you specify
the name of a running SNMP agent. Following is an example of starting a TCP/IP
Subagent named $ZTSA, with a backup process running in processor 6, that
communicates with SNMP agent $ZSMP1:
RUN TCPIPSA /NAME $ZTSA, NOWAIT/ -a $ZSMP1 -b 6
To ensure that it can retrieve data from the HP TCP/IP subsystem, the TCP/IP
Subagent process should be run at a priority equal to or less than that of the SCP
process with which it is communicating.
Syntax of the startup options follows established conventions used in the Guardian
environment.
Note. You can access the TCP/IP Subagent’s private MIB objects regardless of the status of
the SCP process.
[RUN] [[$volume.]subvolume.]TCPIPSA
/ NAME $tcpip-subagent-process [,other-run-option]... /
[ ? | startup-parameter [startup-parameter]...]