HP Onboard Administrator User Manual

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Configuring the HP BladeSystem c7000 enclosure and enclosure devices 120

Field

Possible value

Description

System Location

0 to 20 characters including all

printable characters and the

space

The SNMP location of the enclosure typically

used to identify the physical or topographical

location of the Onboard Administrator.

System Contact

0 to 20 characters including all
printable characters and the

space

The name of the system contact, used to identify
an individual or group of individuals who are to

be contacted in the event of any status change

in the HP BladeSystem Onboard Administrator.

Read Community

0 to 20 characters including all

printable characters and the

space

The Read Community string enables the client to

read information but not to manipulate the alerts

or status of the HP BladeSystem Onboard

Administrator through SNMPv1 or SNMPv2.
The default community name is "public" and

will allow a user to receive notification traps

and alerts, but not to change or manipulate the
status.

Write Community

0 to 20 characters including all

printable characters and the
space

The Write Community string enables the client

to manipulate alerts of HP BladeSystem
Onboard Administrator status through SNMPv1

or SNMPv2. You can remotely clear alerts and

mark them as "viewed" or otherwise through

their SNMP management client through the
SNMP agents.

Engine ID String

1 to 27 printable characters,

final Engine ID will be a
hexadecimal string that begins

with '0x' and is derived from

this string

The Engine ID String is used to create the engine

ID hex value.
The engine ID is combined with the user name to

create a SNMPv3 user for each enclosure.

When the engine ID is unique to an enclosure,

users with the same name on different
enclosures are unique.

The Engine ID string defaults to the serial

number of the enclosure.

After editing any field in this subcategory, to save the changes, click Apply.
Adding SNMP alert destinations
To remove a current SNMP alert destination, select the check box, and click Delete.
To add a new SNMP alert destination, click New. The Add SNMP Alert screen appears.
To send a test SNMP trap to all of the configured trap destinations, click Send Test Alert. You must enable

SNMP to use this function.

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