CONTENTS Title Page Copyright Page Preface 1 Introduction Introducing the TCP/IP SNMP AM The TCP/IP SNMP AM Management Model Getting Help Determining Whether You Have the TCP/IP SNMP AM SNMP Access Control Setting Community Names for SNMP Entities Fine Tuning for UDP and IP Reachability Tests 2 Managing SNMP Entities SNMP Global and Child Entities The Protocol Child Entities Adding an SNMP Entity to an Iconic Map Domain Adding an SNMP Entity to an Iconic Map Domain with FCL Directives Adding Proxy Agents Adding Multiple SNMP Entities to an Iconic Map Domain Automatically Deleting from a Domain and Deregistering an SNMP Entity Listing the Registered SNMP Entities Showing and Setting SNMP System Attributes Verifying the IP Reachability of an SNMP Entity 3 Managing Child Entities Adding a Child Entity to a Map Registering a Child Entity from the FCL Interface Deleting a Child Entity from a Map and Deregistering It Listing Registered Child Entities 4 Managing Interfaces and the Address Translation Table Showing Interface Attributes Setting the Interface State Showing and Setting Address Translation Table Attributes 5 Managing the Protocol Entities Showing IP Attributes Showing IP Address Table Information Showing and Setting IP Routing Table Information Showing and Setting IP NetToMedia Table Information Showing ICMP Counters Showing TCP Attributes Showing TCP Connection Status Showing UDP Attributes Showing UDP Listeners Showing EGP Attributes Showing EGP Neighbor Table Attributes Showing and Setting SNMP Child Entity Attributes 6 Event Logging Management Model for TCP/IP SNMP AM Event Logging Logging Events for Global Entities Logging Enterprise Specific Events Showing Event Sink Attributes Monitoring Reachability Status of IP Entities 7 Alarm Rules for SNMP Entities Alarm Rules for SNMP Entities 8 Adding Private MIB Extensions to DECmcc Making Private MIB Extensions Accessible to the TCP/IP SNMP AM Input and Output Files of the TCP/IP Translator Utility Using the TCP/IP Translator Utility in an ULTRIX System Using the TCP/IP Translator Utility in a VMS System Viewing the MIBs in the DECmcc Dictionary A Reading and Writing to the DEC TCP/IP Services for VMS Database B Partial Entity Registration Conditions for Partial Registration Glossary FIGURES 1-1 The DECmcc System 1-2 Management Model for the SNMP AM 1-3 Sample Online Help 1-4 Testing the AM and Showing Its Characteristics 1-5 Using the Command Line BY PASSWORD Qualifier 1-6 Setting the Read and Write Community Names 1-7 Setting UDP Timeout and Retry Values 2-1 Attribute Partitions and Directives Supported by the Global SNMP Entity and by the Interface and AT Table Child Ent 2-2 Attribute Partitions and Directives Supported by the Protocol Child Entities 2-3 Adding an SNMP Entity to a Domain 2-4 Register and Create Directives 2-5 Registering Proxy Agents 2-6 Using the IP Autoconfiguration Application 2-7 The Delete and Deregister Tools 2-8 Sample Directory Directive 2-9 Sample Attribute Values for the SNMP Global Entity 2-10 Sample Directives Verifying IP Reachability 3-1 A Map Before and After Adding an SNMP Child Entity 3-2 Sample Register Directive 3-3 The Delete and Deregister Tools 3-4 Sample Directory Directive 4-1 Sample Interface Output 4-2 Setting the Interface State 4-3 Showing Physical Address Values 5-1 Sample IP Counters and Characteristics Output 5-2 Sample IP Address Table Output 5-3 Sample IP Routing Table Characteristics 5-4 Sample NetToMedia Table Output 5-5 Sample ICMP Counters 5-6 Sample TCP Output 5-7 Sample Connection Status 5-8 Sample UDP Counters 5-9 Sample UDP Listener Table Characteristics 5-10 Sample EGP Output 5-11 Sample EGP Neighbor Table Output 5-12 Sample SNMP Child Entity Output 6-1 Events You Can Log with the Getevent Directive 6-2 Sample Event Logging Output 6-3 Logging Enterprise Specific Events 6-4 Sample Event Sink Output 6-5 Using the IP Reachability Poller 7-1 Alarm Rules for SNMP Entities 8-1 Sample Entity Hierarchy Created from Private MIB Extensions 8-2 Sample Input and Output Files of the Translator Utility 8-3 Using the Translator Utility in an ULTRIX System 8-4 Using the Translator Utility in an ULTRIX System (continued) 8-5 Sample Translator Utility Messages 8-6 Dictionary Browser