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The OpenView SNMP API
The OpenView SNMP API provides the following functions:
❏ SNMP Communications API and Related Commands
A command interface and a programmer’s interface to SNMP
communication functions.
❏ SNMP Configuration API
An API for SNMP configuration purposes.
❏ Topology Data
It stores information about the network topology in a topology
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.
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.
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.
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 Jane Smith