Getting Started with SNMP

Nimble Storage software provides an SNMP option for monitoring Nimble controller shelves. You should be familiar with the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) before you enable SNMP monitoring. You can use RFC1155 to familiarize yourself with SNMP-related concepts and Management Information Base-related (MIB) concepts.

On each array, an SNMP agent provides information about the network configuration and operations. These SNMP objects are stored in a MIB. The MIB is a virtual database developed by the IETF/IEEE, as well as device providers like Nimble Storage, that ensures a standard method of viewing network management information on devices from different vendors.

Nimble Storage provides a MIB specific to its arrays. You can download the Nimble MIB from the Nimble Storage Support site.