Avaya Internet Protocol Communications Server IP600 - Manual (Page 107)

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Overview for Avaya IP600 Internet Protocol Communications Server
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SNMP Native Agent Software
Avaya IP600 includes a SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) Native Agent. Native Agent provides a
SNMP interface to the system’s alarm and error tables, select performance measurements, and select
configuration data. Native Agent also supports SNMP traps for Avaya IP600 alarms and restarts, INTUITY
alarms, and Windows NT events.
DEFINITY Network Management (DNM), Avaya’s SNMP-based DEFINITY fault and performance
management product, also supports Avaya IP600. DNM runs on NT and UNIX workstations, and collects fault,
performance, and configuration data from switches via the DEFINITY Proxy Agent. DNM receives Avaya IP600
data by sending SNMP requests to Avaya IP600’s SNMP Native Agent.
Users can integrate DNM with a Network Management System (NMS), either HP OpenView or Tivoli NetView.
This allows users to manage their Avaya IP600s and data networks from a central location. The NMS catches
traps that Native Agents send, colors the Avaya IP600 icons according to the trap’s severity, and records the traps
in the NMS trap log. A network manager can use the NMS to copy and move the icons created for different
Avaya IP600 devices to specific OpenView or NetView maps of their choosing. The network manager can then
look at the Avaya IP600 data that the Native Agent provides by using the NMS’s MIB browser.
Agent Administration
All SNMP Agent Administration can be performed from the command line and Web
server. An administrator specifies the community string that Agent uses for
authentication. However, Agent must be restarted for community string
administration changes to take effect. In addition, an administrator can specify the
MIB access permissions and whether traps can be received for up to 50 different
network managers (IP addresses). Again, Agent must be restarted for network
manager administration changes to take effect.
Avaya IP600 Data
The Avaya IP600 SNMP Native Agent provides an MIB interface to all the
configuration and fault data that the DEFINITY Proxy Agent provides for DEFINITY
ECS devices (except, of course, for data that does not apply to Avaya IP600). The
supported data is as follows:
Via the SNMP MIB
Agent provides Avaya IP600 version information for the active switch processing
element (including memory resident software version, update identifier, and update
state). It also supports retrieval of Avaya IP600 alarms, errors, and restarts.