Grass Valley iControl V.6.02 - Manual (Page 424)

iControl and SNMP
Viewing the GSM SNMP Agent Alarms
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An icon labeled SNMP Agent appears in the Actions list of the Alarm Properties window.
This alarm is now available to be polled or queried by a third party SNMP Manager.
Viewing the GSM SNMP Agent Alarms
Alarms located in the iControl folder of the GSM Alarm Browser are available for polling via the
GSM SNMP Agent. This folder contains the alarms associated with Densité and Imaging
devices—for the frames themselves and for the cards they contain.
To view a list of the alarms available for polling via the GSM SNMP agent
1. In the GSM Alarm Browser, double-click the iControl folder in the iControl alarms folder to
display its contents.
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Configure an SNMP agent.
1. In the SNMP Agent Configuration window, type a name for this plugin.
2. In the Community box, type an SNMP community string.
Only client requests with identical text are processed.
3. In the Port list, select the Application Server port number to which the agent listens
for client requests.
4. In the Trap configuration area, click Add.
5. In the trap target that appears, in the Host column, type an IP address for the trap
target.
6. In the same row (same trap target), in the Port column, type the trap target’s port
number to which the trap will be sent.
7. [OPTIONAL] In the same row, in the Description column, type a description of the
trap target.
8. Specify the trap version.
9. Assign a trap number (used to identify this trap from others).
10. Click OK.
Remove a trap target from
an SNMP agent. 1. In the SNMP Agent Configuration window, in the Trap targets list, select the target
you would like to remove.
2. Click Remove.
3. Click OK.
REQUIREMENT
Before beginning this procedure, make sure you have opened the GSM Alarm Browser
(see
"Opening the GSM Alarm Browser" , on page 577).
Note: You can double-click on subfolders to reveal their contents, and so on.
Ultimately, you will reveal all of the alarms available for polling via the GSM’s SNMP
agent. Each card has its own folder which contains all the alarms and statuses
provided by this card (some cards have multiple folders).