Task 7—Using HP OpenView to Create the SNMP Framework

About SNMP Demand Polls

Table 31 Important Fields to Inspect In the Polling Results (continued)

Field

Description

 

 

Interface

Confirms the interfaces were successfully pinged.

 

 

Get system description

Verifies that the system description information was collected, so

 

you can identify the software version running on the device.

 

 

Testing SNMP Get Requests

To test that a device responds to SNMP Get requests, follow these steps:

Step 1 Select a device icon in the map (single click).

Step 2 From the Fault menu, select Test IP/TCP/SNMP.

Figure 29 Successful SNMP Test

This action performs one ICMP echo, one TCP connection, and one SNMP get. SNMP is working if the “OK” message appears under the SNMP Get field.

Table 32 describes the important fields in Figure 29.

Table 32 Test IP/TCP/SNMP Field Descriptions

Field

Returned Value

Description

 

 

 

Node

172.21.102.33

The target loopback IP address of the Cisco device.

 

 

 

ICMP Echo

26 ms

HPOV successfully pinged the device.

 

 

 

TCP Connect

OK

HPOV successfully made a TCP connection with the device.

 

 

 

SNMP Get

OK

HPOV successfully made an SNMP query to the device.

 

 

 

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