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Product Description
DEFINITY Proxy Agent
DPA is a protocol conversion resource. It resides on a
DPA uses serial ports and TCP/IP ports to collect configuration and management data from supported systems. It converst the data into the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). In addition, DPA generates SNMP traps when supported systems generate alarms and system errors.
DPA then communicates the SNMP data to DNM, which resides on the Network Management System (NMS) network server. The NMS network server can be NT/Windows 2000.