Using SNMP,
HP Operations can manage intelligent SNMP devices where policies
cannot be installed (for example, printers, routers, computers with
unsupported operating systems). Using the procedure below, such
devices can be integrated into and managed from HP Operations.
To manage intelligent devices
Ensure that the device you want to manage has an IP address and
is SNMP-enabled. Only devices that meet these conditions can be
managed in this way.
Add the device to the list of managed
nodes. In the System tab, set Operating System to
SNMP, and Version to v1.
If you will be monitoring traps, (and not MIB data), configure
the device to send the SNMP traps to the managed node where you
intend to distribute the policy that will monitor the traps.
Write an SNMP
policy that with rules that match the SNMP events that you are
looking for (or a threshold policy to monitor MIB variables), with
appropriate actions. The messages can be configured to regard the
source of the SNMP messages as a service, so that the device can be
added to the service
hierarchy.
Distribute the policy to the node to which the intelligent
device is sending the SNMP traps (or to the node that will access
the MIB data from the intelligent device).