Hi J,
Undocumented is perhaps not the right expression for this situation. Many years ago HP published a withe papers for HP SIM "How to support non HP devices which are SNMP based". The exact name I do not remember.
HP SIM allows technical to receive SNMP traps which you can transform to a use full text by checking the existing MIB folder for examples. The mx comannds to handle and compile the MIB files is also documented.
The System Type Management is also supported by the GUI and mxstm command.
In the forum you should find a lot of hints to get SNMP devices integrated.
Some keyword should by SNMP mxstm mcompile mxmib
Please check also the current license info. I am not sure if HP SIM is free for non HP devices.
Have fun
BPE
eg. In the white paper infrastructure management using the HP SIM command line interface
you will find the following text:
Third-party device management
HP SIM can manage third-party equipment if the equipment management agents and fault management mechanisms adhere to industry standards like SNMP and WBEM. HP SIM provides system definitions for a number of third-party systems. The System Type Manager enables you to modify existing definitions, add new definitions for equipment unknown to HP SIM, and remove definitions using the mxstm command.
Through the command line, the mxstm command enables you to add, remove, and list system type definitions. For more information on this command, see the mxstm man page.
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To add a new system type definition, use one of the following commands:
# mxstm –a –n product-name –p protocol (–x attribute=value)+ # mxstm –a –f stmfile.xml
• The –n product-name option specifies the product name of the product you want to add. For example, HP rx1600 is a product name.
• The –p protocol option selects the protocol to use for data collection, and should be set to SNMP.
• The –x option provides the definitions for one or more attributes for the system. Examples of SNMP
attributes are the system OID, product type, product subtype, and operating system name.
The second form of the add command enables you to provide the system type definitions in XML format. In the example above, the –f stmfile.xml command tells HP SIM to get the system type definitions from the file stmfile.xml. For a complete description of the required XML format, see the file /opt/mx/dtd/stmrules.dtd.
To remove system type definitions, use one of the following commands:
# mxstm –r –n product-name # mxstm –r –f stmdel.xml
The first command removes the system type with the product name product-name. The second command removes all of the system types defined in the XML file stmdel.xml.
To see a listing of existing system type definitions, use one of the following commands:
# mxstm –l [–n product-name] # mxstm –l –f stmout.xml
The first command lists all of the product names for all of the system type definitions in HP SIM. The – n product-name option displays the full definition of the product product-name, and other information such as protocol, OID data, product type, and vendor. The second command produces the full definition for every system type in HP SIM in XML format, saving the data in the file stmout.xml