Basp Subagent - Dell Broadcom NetXtreme Family of Adapters User Manual

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Manageability: Broadcom NetXtreme 57XX User Guide
CIM
SNMP
CIM
The Common Information Model (CIM) is an industry standard defined by the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF).
Microsoft implements CIM on Windows platforms such as Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008. Broadcom will
support CIM on the Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 platforms.
Broadcom's implementation of CIM will provide various classes to provide information to users through CIM client applications.
Note that Broadcom CIM data provider will provide data only, and users can choose their preferred CIM client software to
browse the information exposed by Broadcom CIM provider.
Broadcom CIM provider provides information through BRCM_NetworkAdapter and BRCM_ExtraCapacityGroup classes.
BRCM_NetworkAdapter class provides network adapter information pertaining to a group of adapters, including both
Broadcom and other vendors' controllers. BRCM_ExtraCapacityGroup class provides team configuration for the Broadcom
Advanced Server Program (BASP) Program. Current implementation will provide team information and information of physical
network adapters in the team.
Broadcom Advanced Server Program provides events through event logs. Users can use the "Event Viewer" provided by
Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2008, or use CIM to inspect or monitor these events. Broadcom CIM provider will also
provide event information through the CIM generic event model. These events are __InstanceCreationEvent,
__InstanceDeletionEvent and __InstanceModificationEvent, and are defined by CIM. CIM requires the client application to
register the events from the client application using queries, as examples shown below in order to receive events properly.
SELECT * FROM __InstanceModificationEvent
where TargetInstance ISA "BRCM_NetworkAdapter"
SELECT * FROM __InstanceModificationEvent
where TargetInstance ISA "BRCM_ExtraCapacityGroup"
SELECT * FROM __InstanceCreationEvent
where TargetInstance ISA "BRCM_NetworkAdapter"
SELECT * FROM __InstanceDeletionEvent
where TargetInstance ISA "BRCM_NetworkAdapter"
SELECT * FROM __InstanceCreationEvent
where TargetInstance ISA "BRCM_ActsAsSpare"
SELECT * FROM __InstanceDeletionEvent
where TargetInstance ISA "BRCM_ActsAsSpare"
For detailed information about these events, see the CIM documentation at
http://www.dmtf.org/standards/published_documents/DSP0004V2.3_final.pdf.
SNMP

BASP Subagent

The BASP subagent, baspmgnt.dll, is designed for the Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 SNMP service. It is
required to install the SNMP service before installing the BASP subagent.
The BASP subagent allows an SNMP manager software to actively monitor the configurations and performance of the
Broadcom Advanced Server features. The subagent also provides an alarm trap to an SNMP manager to inform the manager
of any changes to the conditions of the BASP component.
The BASP subagent allows monitoring of the configurations and statistics for the BASP teams, the physical NIC adapters
participating in a team, and the virtual NIC adapters created as the result of teaming. Non-teamed NIC adapters are not
monitored at this time. The BASP configuration data includes information such as team IDs, physical/virtual/VLAN/team
adapter IDs, physical/virtual/VLAN/team/ adapter descriptions, and MAC addresses of the adapters.
The statistics include detailed information such as data packets transmitted and received for the physical/virtual/VLAN/team
adapters.
The alarm trap forwards information about the changes in configuration of the physical adapters participating in a team, such