HP (Hewlett-Packard) HP OpenView Vantagepoint – Operation Manual for UNIX User Manual
Integration Facilities of the HP OpenView NNM Core Platform
The OpenView Windows API
Chapter 6
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The OpenView SNMP API
The OpenView SNMP API provides the following functions:
A command interface and a programmer’s interface to SNMP
communication functions.
communication functions.
An API for SNMP configuration purposes.
It stores information about the network topology in a topology
database.
database.
Each component is described in a separate section.
The data on the SNMP agent is accessed by both the agent software and
by management applications.
by management applications.
The layout of agent MIB data is specified by a MIB definition, very much
as you would describe a programming data structure. Let’s look at an
example agent data structure, and components that are used when
integrating with VPO.
as you would describe a programming data structure. Let’s look at an
example agent data structure, and components that are used when
integrating with VPO.
The Object ID field is extremely important to VPO; it identifies the type
of SNMP agent that is running on a node. VPO registration files can use
this ID to specify the capabilities of this agent, and which icon will be
used to represent it in HP OpenView maps.
of SNMP agent that is running on a node. VPO registration files can use
this ID to specify the capabilities of this agent, and which icon will be
used to represent it in HP OpenView maps.
Table 6-2
Example of SNMP Agent Data
MIB Variable
Value
system.sysObjectID.0
...hp.nm.system.hpux.hp9000s700
system.sysUpTime.0
111579040
system.sysContact.0
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