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Operating and monitoring CentricStor

Monitoring and operation of CentricStor by GXCC runs independently of SNMP. 

In addition, however, CentricStor also offers the basic functions required for management 
via an SNMP station. Thanks to the great flexibility of GXCC as regards configuration, when 
GXCC is used together with SNMP the monitoring and operation of CentricStor can be 
adapted to suit the IT infrastructure and the requirements of the user.

The VLP of CentricStor provides the connection to the outside world. It supports “ping” and 
elementary MIB-II. Thus, the operation of the carrier system can be monitored, but not the 
functioning of CentricStor.

In addition to standard Traps such as coldStart, linkUp, linkDown etc., when system 
messages of priority 5, 6, 7 or 8 (ERROR, CRITICAL, ALERT, EMERGENCY) occur, 
CentricStor therefore sends corresponding traps to the management station.

In addition, every 300 seconds a “Global State” with the following values is sent to the 
SNMP management station by means of a trap:

1   CentricStor is ready to operate (green).
4   Subcomponents of CentricStor are faulty, operation is still possible (yellow).
7   Operation of CentricStor has been disrupted (red).

Additional functions are made available for installation in management stations of the type 
CA Unicenter. 

Since GXCC will run on most standard systems, the startup of GXCC for detailed 
diagnostics when there is a trap can be largely automated in practically all management 
systems.

The current status regarding SNMP support is indicated in a text file. After GUI installation 
on a type CA Unicenter management station you can find this file at “...Setup > SNMP 
Integration README”.