Send an SNMP Notification

This option sends an SNMP notification to one or multiple SNMP destinations.

  1. Choose Device Settings > Event Rules. The Event Rules Settings dialog opens.
  2. Click the Actions tab.
  3. Click New.
  4. In the "Action name" field, type a new name for the action. The default name is New Action <number>, where <number> is a sequential number starting at 1.
  5. In the Action field, click the drop-down arrow and select the desired action: Send SNMP notification.
  6. Select the type of SNMP notification. See either procedure below according to your selection.
  1. From the Notification Type drop-down, select SNMPv2c Trap or SNMPv2c Inform.
  2. For SNMP INFORM communications, leave the resend settings at their default or:
    1. In the Timeout (sec) field, enter the interval of time, in seconds, after which a new inform communication is resent if the first is not received. For example, resend a new inform communication once every 3 seconds.
    2. In the Number of Retries field, enter the number of times you want to resend the inform communication if it fails. For example, inform communications are resent up to 5 times when the initial communication fails.
  3. In the Host fields, enter the IP address of the device(s) you want to access. This is the address to which notifications are sent by the SNMP system agent.
  4. In the Port fields, enter the port number used to access the device(s).
  5. In the Community fields, enter the SNMP community string to access the device(s). The community is the group representing the PXE and all SNMP management stations.

Tip: An SNMP v2c notification action only permits entering a maximum of three SNMP destinations. To assign more than three SNMP destinations to a specific rule, first create several SNMP v2c notification actions, each of which contains completely different SNMP destinations, and then add all of these SNMP v2c notification actions to the same rule.

  1. From the Notification Type drop-down, select SNMPv3 Trap or SNMPv3 Inform.
  2. For SNMP TRAPs, the engine ID is prepopulated.
  3. For SNMP INFORM communications, leave the resend settings at their default or:
    1. In the Timeout (sec) field, enter the interval of time, in seconds, after which a new inform communication is resent if the first is not received. For example, resend a new inform communication once every 3 seconds.
    2. In the Number of Retries field, enter the number of times you want to resend the inform communication if it fails. For example, inform communications are resent up to 5 times when the initial communication fails.
  4. For both SNMP TRAPS and INFORMS, enter the following as needed and then click OK to apply the settings:
    1. Host name
    2. Port number
    3. User ID needed to access the host
    4. Select the host security level

      Security level

      Description

      "noAuthNoPriv"

      Select this if no authorization or privacy protocols are needed.

      "authNoPriv"

      Select this if authorization is required but no privacy protocols are required.

      • Select the authentication protocol - MD5 or SHA
      • Enter the authentication passphrase and then confirm the authentication passphrase

      "authPriv"

      Select this if authentication and privacy protocols are required.

      • Select the authentication protocol - MD5 or SHA
      • Enter the authentication passphrase and confirm the authentication passphrase
      • Select the Privacy Protocol - DES or AES
      • Enter the privacy passphrase and then confirm the privacy passphrase

       

See Also

Creating Actions

Action Group

Alarm

Log an Event Message

Send EMail

Syslog Message

Send Sensor Report

Switch Peripheral Actuator