Philips 5900 user manual Using SNMP for Print Server Management

Management and Configuration

3. Restart the print server’s protocols by typing:

softreset

Replace the command in step 3 above with hardreset or default to perform the other two reset operations.

Telnet Help By typing help in step 3 in any of the Telnet instruction sets above, a list of all available commands will be displayed.

Using SNMP for Print Server Management

You can use SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) for remotely monitoring and configuring of the Axis Network Print Server. All major functions for print servers are supported.

General Information SNMP refers to a set of standards for network management, including a protocol, a database structure specification, and a set of data objects. The Axis Network Print Server SNMP implementation runs in the TCP/IP environment.

The management is handled by NMS (Network Management System) software running on a host on your network. The NMS software communicates with network devices by the means of messages, which are references to one or more objects.

A message can be a question or an instruction to a device, or an alarm triggered by a specific event in a device. Objects are contained in data bases called MIBs (Management Information Base), where MIB-II is a standard database.

The Axis Network Print Server supports all relevant parts of MIB-II and also includes a private enterprise MIB. Refer to The AXIS MIB, on page 115.

System Requirements The following requirements must be fulfilled in order to make full use of for SNMP the Axis Network Print Server SNMP support:

•NMS software that allows you to install private enterprise MIBs

•A host, supporting FTP, on which to run the NMS software

Follow these steps to add the AXIS MIB to your NMS software:

1.Log in to the Axis Network Print Server using FTP.

2.Download the MIB file /snmp/axis.mib to the NMS host.

3.Install the AXIS MIB according to instructions in your NMS software documentation.

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