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Conference netcad::hub_mgnt

Title:	DEChub/HUBwatch/PROBEwatch CONFERENCE
Notice:	Firmware -2, Doc -3, Power -4, HW kits -5, firm load -6&7
Moderator:	NETCAD::COLELLADT

Created:	Wed Nov 13 1991
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	4455
Total number of notes:	16761

449.0. "UPS monitoring, via HUBwatch" by VAXRIO::CAMACHO (PCI Sales - Brazil) Tue Oct 26 1993 11:59

    Dear Hub-management wizards,
    
    Reading an EPE/SquareD UPS catalog, just realized that they include the 
    following feature:
    
    	- RS232, SNMP compatible, communications port.
    
    Would this mean that such an UPS  (feeding a critical remote hub and 
    having its comm port wired to a DECserver90) may be monitored and 
    generate alarms, by means of a Hub-management software (HUBwatch, 
    etc.), for events like POWER LINE FAULT, LOW BATTERY, etc. ???? 
    
    This possibility seems very attractive, since the alternative being 
    used down here is the use of VMS REMS software to monitor such a case, 
    besides any Network management tool being used.
    
    Thanks in advance,
    
    Luis Camacho

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
449.1	Sorry, but HUBwatch can't do that	SLINK::HOOD	I'd rather be surfing	`Tue Oct 26 1993 13:27`	12
	To do something like that (monitoring external equipment and catching or generating traps and alarms), you really need to be using an NMS platform like netview or mcc or whatnot. In the case of your UPS, if its software generates error messages on its console, you might have to write a piece of interface software to connect those events to your NMS (or maybe just send mail on particular events). But, that's all far beyond what HUBwatch is designed to do. We're having way too much fun just trying to keep up with the hub products. Tom Hood HUBwatch popper
449.2	I feel sorry, too!!	VAXRIO::CAMACHO	PCI Sales - Brazil	`Tue Oct 26 1993 16:00`	11
	Thanks Tom, for you kind answer. I have to tell you, that I feel sorry, too. However, one more question: Do you know if, in the particular case of a DEChub900, is the battery backup status a monitorable item ?? Tnx, Luis Camacho
449.3	Power Monitoring	QUIVER::SLAWRENCE		`Tue Oct 26 1993 17:52`	12
	At this time, the battery backup module that will plug into a normal power supply slot is not available and is not supported by the rev 2.x (FCS) versions of the management module firmware. The status of the power supplies can be monitored through the chasPower group in the chassis mib, and when the battery module becomes available support for it should be available in the firmware. In addition to the battery backup module, there is a connector for external 48V power input, but its status is not directly reflected in the chassis mib (I don't believe it is fully supported yet, pending further field testing).