Quantum Scalar i500 User Guide

Chapter 3  Configuring Your Library

Managing the Network

Scalar i500 User’s Guide

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• Modify the default Read SNMP community string, which is used as a 

password to authenticate GET and GET-NEXT SNMP v1 and SNMP 

v2c messages exchanged between the library and a remote 
management application. For more information, see 

• Enable or disable SNMP authentication traps, which are messages 

indicating an authentication failure. For more information, see 

• Download the library MIB, which can be used to integrate the library 

with an SNMP management application. For more information, see 

 on page 61.

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Administrative users can register transport protocols, IP addresses, and 

port numbers of external management applications to enable them to 
receive SNMP traps from the library. (By default, the library ignores all 
SNMP SET operations, so external management applications cannot 
register themselves to receive SNMP traps from the library.) 
After registering the transport protocols, IP addresses, and 
corresponding port numbers, you can perform a test to verify that the 
library can send the SNMP traps to the addresses.
When registering external management applications to receive SNMP 
traps, you can set the following parameters: 

•

 — The transport protocol. This should be the same as the 

transport protocol configured on the SNMP trap receiver. Select one 
of the following:
• UDP/UDP6 — User Datagram Protocol. For IPv4, select UDP; for 

IPv6, select UDP6.

• TCP/TCP6 — Transmission Control Protocol. For IPv4, select 

TCP; for IPv6, select TCP6. 

•

— The host name or the IP address of the 

external management application you want to register. A host name 
may be entered only if DNS is enabled. Otherwise, IP addresses must 
entered. For information on DNS, see 

•

— the port number of the external application you want to 

register. The default port number for an external application is 162.