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Conference netcad::hub_mgnt

Title:DEChub/HUBwatch/PROBEwatch CONFERENCE
Notice:Firmware -2, Doc -3, Power -4, HW kits -5, firm load -6&7
Moderator:NETCAD::COLELLADT
Created:Wed Nov 13 1991
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:4455
Total number of notes:16761

2071.0. "DEChub 900 SNMP AGENTS & traps ???" by ZTOIS1::VISTA (Renato VISTA/SI France/ZTO) Tue Mar 07 1995 05:47

    
    Hi,
    
    Working in a DEChub 900 & NETview/OSF1 environment for several of my
    Customers, I'm trying to manage SNMP agents by following both FAULT
    MANAGEMENT & PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT needs & considerations.
    
    About FAULT MANAGEMENT, I've configured NETview to detect POWER
    Supplies, Fiber Optic Links failures, Spanning Tree Transitions, and of
    course ICMP/IP transitions (ping)... using synchronized mechanisms such
    as SNMP DATA COLLECTOR (snmpCollect Process) + local specific SNMP
    TRAPS associated to... It works nearly nicely...
    
    Because DEChub & modules related SNMP agents are very poor in term of
    asynchronous SNMP traps sending capabilities, my Customers are often
    disappointed when they discover the "reality" of SNMP worlds...
    
    Nervertheless, I would like to know if there is any EASYnet pointer
    about SNMP traps sent, nowadays & in future firmware versions..
    
    Thank you in advance for your help.
    Renato
                                                    
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2071.1See note 860 for startersROGER::GAUDETBecause the Earth is 2/3 waterTue Mar 07 1995 07:541
A DIR/TITLE=TRAP will uncover a plethora of notes related to traps.
2071.2What about firmware versions ??ZTOIS1::VISTARenato VISTA/SI France/ZTOTue Mar 07 1995 09:0115
    
    
    TO .1
    
    Thank you.
    I've found a MARCH 94' table describing TRAPS/AGENTS... But NO
    related-firwmre VERSIONS... 
    Have you got any information about the last FIRMWAREs versions 
    (that are available currently on EASYnet and that I've copied recently) 
    and TRAPs current capabilities ?
    
    Regards,
    Renato
    
    
2071.3Latest list of supported traps.NETCAD::GALLAGHERTue Mar 07 1995 15:2651
I've attached the latest list.  This list of for the latest firmware.
We don't keep such a list for previous versions.

From: "TRAPS DOCUMENT V0.4, 
       Author:Denise Brugnoli
       Date    : March 1, 1995"

							-Shawn


MATRIX ON TRAPS CURRENTLY SUPPORTED BY MODULE


 +=======================================================================+
 |            |   DEC   |  DEChub |    DEC    |  Bridge | Concen | Srvr  |
 |            | Agent90 |    900  | repeaters |   900MX |  900MX | 900TM |
 +=======================================================================+
 |coldStart   |    X    |    X    |    X      |    X    |    X   |   X   |
 +------------+---------+---------+-----------+---------+--------+-------+
 |warmStart   |         |         |           |         |        |       |
 +------------+---------+---------+-----------+---------+--------+-------+
 |linkUp      |         |    X    |    X      |    X    |    X   |   X   |
 +------------+---------+---------+-----------+---------+--------+-------+
 |linkDown    |         |    X    |    X      |    X    |    X   |   X   |
 +------------+---------+---------+-----------+---------+--------+-------+
 |authFailure |    X    |    X    |    X      |    X    |    X   |   X   |
 +------------+---------+---------+-----------+---------+--------+-------+
 |enterprise  |         |         |           |         |        |       |
 | Specific   |    X    |         |    X      |         |    X   |       |
 +=======================================================================+



 +===============================================+
 |            | DECswitch | DECswitch | PEswitch |
 |            |    900EE  |    900EF  |   900TX  |   
 +===============================================+
 |coldStart   |     X     |     X     |    X     |
 +------------+-----------+-----------+----------+
 |warmStart   |           |           |          |
 +------------+-----------+-----------+----------+
 |linkUp      |     X     |     X     |    X     |
 +------------+-----------+-----------+----------+
 |linkDown    |     X     |     X     |    X     |
 +------------+-----------+-----------+----------+
 |authFailure |     X     |     X     |    X     |
 +------------+-----------+-----------+----------+
 |enterprise  |           |           |          |
 | Specific   |           |           |          |
 +===============================================+

2071.4And......NETCAD::GALLAGHERTue Mar 07 1995 15:3414
A couple more things:

1)  Please elaborate on:

>    Because DEChub & modules related SNMP agents are very poor in term of
>    asynchronous SNMP traps sending capabilities, my Customers are often
>    disappointed when they discover the "reality" of SNMP worlds...

2)  Be aware that RMON Alarms and Events will be on the next version of
    the Hub Manager (MAM).  Using RMON A&E you can set up 20 alarms which
    cause traps to be sent.  HUBwatch will support RMON A&E in a future
    release (i.e. not the next one).

							-Shawn
2071.5Will RMON solve everything ?KETJE::VANDENBERG_RWed Mar 08 1995 07:5912
	This is confusing me, doesn't it means that through RMON, a manager will
be warned that a power supply went down, that one line of is bridge is in broken
state, that one is change from backup to forwarding that a backup repeater is
now in operation, that a security intrusion occurs on a port etc, etc.. ?

	B.r.
	Robert





2071.6Pretty much.NETCAD::GALLAGHERWed Mar 08 1995 10:1627
>	This is confusing me, doesn't it means that through RMON, a manager will
>be warned that a power supply went down, that one line of is bridge is in broken
>state, that one is change from backup to forwarding that a backup repeater is
>now in operation, that a security intrusion occurs on a port etc, etc.. ?

You're only a little confused.

Yes, RMON Alarms and Events can solve all the issues you mention.  
We're planning on putting RMON A&E on many of our products.  (Sorry, I won't
give you a list.  Sorry, I won't provide schedule information.)
 
RMON on the MAM will solve some things, like the power supply insertion/
removal.  RMON Alarms and Events will be on the next version of the MAM.

When we put RMON A&E on the bridges, the bridges can alarm when a line on
the bridge is broken or when a spanning tree change occurs.

When we put RMON A&E on repeaters, the repeaters can alarm when a redundant
link kicks in or when a security intrusion occurs on a port.

etc, etc....

Right now, the objects being monitored using RMON A&E must be contained
within the MIB of the product.  In other words, the MAM's RMON A&E is
not capable of polling bridges for spanning tree changes.

						-Shawn
2071.7Warm Start traps for the DECagent 90ROGER::GAUDETBecause the Earth is 2/3 waterThu Mar 09 1995 07:595
Just for the sake of completeness, the DECagent 90 also issues Warm Start traps
on a soft reset (e.g. from HUBwatch or the console, current settings reset or
factory reset).  Cold Start traps are issued only at power-up.

...Roger...
2071.8Probe traps too?NYOSS1::PLUNKETTFri Mar 10 1995 12:342
    Does the packetprobe90 issue cold and warmstart traps also?
    -Craig
2071.9re: .8 - NoNAC::FORRESTTue Mar 14 1995 11:452
    No, the Frontier code does not support the standard Traps.