Can I add SNMP Support to a Serial Device?
We have been asked add SNMP-support to of one of their products - meaning that the protocol they use today should be translated to SNMP to be able to be monitored by a tool like HP OpenView etc. They want their equipment to be monitored and controlled by HP OpenView etc. without adding additional equipment other than an EtherPAD. They also want to send SNMPSet messages to update settings in their product.
Their product is reachable via a serial interface.
Does the EtherPAD support this functionality by just programming in SAN Script to translate their protocol to an SNMP-string, or does one need to connect a computer as well to translate the protocol?
SAN Script allows you to write a Custom MIB and load it onto the EtherPAD. In the custom MIB you can define the MIB variables as required. A script is the written to Parse the incoming serial stream from the serial device for those variables that would correspond to the defined variables as found in the custom MIB. The script then updates the custom MIB with these values. Any SNMP manager can then read these values. In the same way values written to the custom MIB by the SNMP Manager can be output, via the serial port, to the serial device.
