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Supported Internet Protocols

The TL1000 Tape Autoloader supports the Internet protocols:

v IPv4

v IPv6

To learn more about IPv4, visit http://www.iana.org/. To learn more about IPv6,

visit http://www.ipv6.org/..

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) messaging

Occasionally, the library might encounter a situation that you want to know about,

such as an open magazine or a fault that causes the library to stop. The library

provides a standard TCP/IP protocol called Simple Network Management Protocol

(SNMP) to send alerts about conditions (such as need for operator intervention)

over a TCP/IP LAN network to an SNMP monitoring station. These alerts are

called SNMP traps. With the information supplied in each SNMP trap, the

monitoring station (together with customer-supplied software) can alert operations

personnel of possible problems or operator interventions that occur.

SNMP traps

SNMP Traps are alerts or status messages that can be collected, monitored, and

used to proactively manage attached libraries with SNMP protocol with the SNMP

monitoring stations. In summary, each trap provides the following information:

v Product Identification such as product name, description, manufacturer, model

number, firmware level, and the URL that the trap is designated for.

v Product Status such as the severity of the trap, status (current and previous) and

the time the trap occurred.

v Library State (physical device status) such as identification and status of devices

that is monitored. It would include enclosure, power supply, controller,

magazine status, drive count, cartridge slot count, and I/O station count. Also

included would be certain library statistics, and where appropriate, the fault FSC

(fault symptom code) including the severity and description of that fault.

v Drive Status such as the identification of each drive in the library, firmware

level, serial number, and other address and status information.

v Trap Definitions such as library status change, open magazine, I/O accessed,

hard fault information, requests to clean the drive, excessive retries, and

returning to normal operations.

v SNMP MIBs: The library's Management Information Base (MIB) contains units

of information that specifically describe an aspect of the system, such as the

system name, hardware number, or communications configuration. When with

SNMP to monitor your TL1000 Tape Autoloader, make sure that the TL1000 MIB

file is loaded on your SNMP monitoring station. SNMP traps are sent to the

SNMP monitoring stations that are defined for your library (see “Configuring

SNMP trap notifications” on page 4-31).

Network Time Protocol

NTP is an Internet standard protocol that assures accurate synchronization of

computer clock times in a network of computers. Running as a continuous

background client program on a computer, NTP sends periodic time requests to a

server, obtaining server time stamps, and with them to adjust the client’s clock.

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