SNMP Interface

Simple Network Monitoring Protocol (SNMP) is a standard protocol that passes event information to network monitoring software. The DPX SNMP interface provides event notifications in the form of SNMP traps. SNMP Network monitoring software can be configured to monitor DPX with Catalogic Software’s supplied SNMP MIB files.

Restrictions.

In Catalogic DPX version 4.12, only the desktop interface supports SNMP.

Enabling DPX SNMP Traps

Before DPX can interface with a network monitor, you must identify the node on which the monitor is running. To determine the node on which the monitor is running, perform the following procedure:

1. Select Edit > SNMP Configuration on the menu bar from any DPX window. The Configure SNMP Monitor dialog is shown.

2. Enter the node name or IP address of the node on which the monitor is running.
3. Click Add.
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 to add additional SNMP Monitor Hosts until all hosts are added.
5. Delete an SNMP Monitor Host by selecting it from the pull-down menu and selecting Delete.
6. Click OK.

Setting up DPX to Run with Management Software

There are many compatible network management tools that can receive SNMP traps. Many of these tools rely on importing an SNMP management information base (MIB) file to describe how the tool will identify and interpret SNMP traps from an application such as DPX.

The DPX software installation includes a standard SNMP MIB file that can be imported into your tool of choice. The DPX SNMP MIB file can be found at in the following directory: installdir/misc/ BEX_mib.hp.

You may need to rename this file before importing into your network monitoring tool. Consult your network monitoring tool documentation for specifics on how to import, configure, and use SNMP MIB files.

DPX SNMP Trap References

The following is the list of events for which DPX issues SNMP traps.

Event	Trap Code	Category	Description
Product Starts	1	Informational	DPX has been started.
Product Ends	2	Informational	DPX has been shut down.
Job Starts	3	Informational	A DPX job has started.
Job Ends	4	Informational	A DPX job has finished.
Job Canceled	5	Informational	A DPX job has been canceled.
Job Waiting Tape	6	Informational	A DPX restore task is held waiting for tapes already in use.
Mount Tape	10	Informational	DPX has requested a tape mount.
Tape Mounted	11	Informational	A requested tape has been mounted.
Verify Starts	16	Informational	Tape verification has been started.
Verify Ends	17	Informational	Tape verification has finished.
License Warning	40	Warning	The time limit is expiring on a demonstration version of the product.
No More Free Tape	41	Warning	A media pool does not have any available tapes.
Media Stock Low	42	Warning	Media pool inventory drops below threshold.
No Tape to Retry	43	Warning	No retry could be started without available tapes.
No Activity	50	Warning	Modules have not responded for a while.
Connection timed out	51	Warning	Timed out while waiting for connection.
Authentication Fail	52	Warning	Connection authentication failed.
Node Down	60	Major	A node on which DPX is trying to perform an operation is down.
Device Down	61	Minor	A device on which DPX is trying to perform an operation is down.
Node Fail	62	Major	DPX lost connection to client.
Condense Fail	70	Critical	Failure to fix Catalog files during condense.
DB Login Fail	71	Critical	Failure logging into Catalog.
Job Catalog Fail	72	Critical	Failure cataloging a job.
Sort Fail	73	Critical	Failure sorting job catalog data.
Sort Exit	74	Critical	Sorting Module died due to server problem.
License Violation	80	Critical	DPX is being used for an unlicensed purpose.
Product Down	81	Critical	DPX abnormally stopped running during processing.
Unknown Communication Error	90	Critical	Unknown error occurred during communication.
Parsing Error	91	Critical	Error occurred while parsing a message.