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CHAPTER 8
SNMP Support
Simple Network Management Protocol is an application layer protocol that performs
network management operations over an Ethernet connection using a User Datagram
Protocol (UDP/IP).
The Simple Network Management Protocol allows:
■Libraries to inform the systems administrator of potential problems.
■Systems administrators to query the library for configuration, operation, and
statistical information.
The SL500 libraries support:
■SNMPv2c: read-only support primarily for machine status queries. With this version,
any information transmitted is not secure.
■SNMPv3: both read and write support; transmitted information is secure.
SNMP configuration requirements include:
■SL500 library firmware must be version 1067 or higher.
■SLConsole software must be version FRS_2.95 or higher.

Trap Levels

SNMP traps provide data that are a source of log entries, containing:
■Severity (indications such as error or warning)
■Result codes (such as “0000 = success,” or “5010 = robotic posn error”)
■Activity string (such as “HLI move” or “CLI version print”)
■A descriptive text string
■Date and time
■Other information might include:
■Device address associated with the event
■User name associated with the activity (such as “HLI host,” “advsrv”)
■The interface-specific request identifier (such as “HLI000001”)
Trap levels are generally filtered to include only those traps that you wish to monitor.
These levels are specified when entering the trap information.