HP SNMP/XL provides an industry standard network management agent
on the HP 3000/XL. This agent allows the HP 3000 to be managed or
to manage other objects in a multivendor environment.
HP SNMP/XL provides the HP 3000 with the Network Management Stack
and Object Management Services. These services allow the HP 3000
to integrate network management applications that provide fault,
performance, and configuration solutions. By providing the Stack and
Object Management Services, the HP 3000 integrates into the HP Network
Management Architecture.
The Network Management Stack is the Simple Network Management Protocol
(SNMP) as defined in RFC 1157. The SNMP stack implements the Simple
Network Management Protocol to allow internetworked managers and
agents to exchange network management information. The purpose of
the SNMP standard is to provide a protocol for management of the
Internet protocols such as TCP, IP, ICMP, and UDP.
The Object Management Services supports the Management Information
Base (MIB) as defined in RFC 1213, and various HP private extensions
to the MIB. See the following section titled "Concepts
and Definitions" as well as Appendix B “Supported MIB Objects” for
more information on the MIB.
