SNMP traps

The SNMP Trap allows SNMP Agents to report the change of its status to the manager, if a specified event takes place. The following diagram presents the differences between a contact established by a manager (on the left) and Trap message sent by the Agent (on the right).

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SNMP Trap Server

To manage the SNMP Trap server:

1.Select SNMP Trap Server from the Tools tab on the ribbon.

2.Traps detected by the server are displayed in the SNMP Trap Server window. You can choose the period of the displayed data (hour, day, week, month).

3.To configure the server, click the Configure button in the top part of the window.

4.Set the listening port and access policy options. Mark the Server autostart field, if it should be launched automatically on application startup.

SNMP Trap as action

To define the SNMP Trap as an action:

1.Select Manage actions from the Tools tab on the ribbon.

2.In the Action Definition Wizard window, enter the action name and select Send SNMP Trap.

3.Fill out the fields Host name, Port, Community and PDU type.

4.The Notification ID field is required if enterpriseSpecific is selected as Service type.

5.According to the specification of the SNMP Trap, it is possible to specify the SNMP Agent address if different than the address of the sending device, and MIB object with additional notification details.