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Xerox 4500 PS ETH, Inst. & Operator's Guide
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19. Problem Determination
This chapter describes how to monitor the operations of the PrintServer
and how to troubleshoot the supported protocols during installation,
configuration, and printing.
19.1 Monitoring tools
The operations of the PrintServer may be monitored using the SNMP (MIB
II) or the LEDs on the rear panel.
19.1.1 SNMP support
The PrintServer has been added support for SNMP using TCP/IP as
protocol for LAN access. The SNMP operates as a monitoring tool for the
PrintServer.
19.1.1.1 What is SNMP
SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) is an application protocol
offering network management services in the Internet Protocol suite to
operate in connection with installation, configuration and management of
the PrintServer.
SNMP defines a client/server relationship. The client program is the
connection to the SNMP agent (the PrintServer) which is referred to as
the SNMP Management Information Base (MIB). The SNMP
implementation in the PrintServer supports the MIB II.
There are, however, exceptions to the extension of MIB II support:
The SET option on different objects (ARP table, ROUTE table, etc.) will
not be supported and any attempt to SET the objects will be rejected.
No support for EGP and Transmission Group.
By default the application uses the community string “public” for SNMP
GET and SET operations. If the community string used by NMS (Network
Management System) does not match the one expected by the SNMP
agent in the managed device, the operation fails.
NOTE:
You should be aware that a small amount of knowledge is required for
general use the SNMP. It is assumed that you have basic networking
knowledge (protocols, addressing, network errors, etc). For more
advanced use of SNMP, you are required a substantial amount of
knowledge.