Sending an SNMP Notification
You can send an SNMP notification to one or multiple SNMP
destinations.
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Select Device Settings → Event Rules → + New Action.
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Select Send SNMP notification in the Action list.
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Select the type of SNMP notification: SNMP v2c or SNMP v3.
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To send SNMP v2c notifications:
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In the Notification Type field, select SNMPv2c Trap or SNMPv2c
Inform.
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For SNMP INFORM communications, leave the resend settings at
their default or continue with Step 4c.
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In the Timeout field, specify 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.
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In the Number of Retries field, specify 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.
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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.
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In the Port fields, enter the port number used to access the
device(s).
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In the Community fields, enter the SNMP community string to
access the device(s). The community is the group representing
the HPDU and all SNMP management stations.
Note -
An SNMP v2c notification action permits only 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.
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To send SNMP v3 notifications:
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In the Notification Type field, select SNMPv3 Trap or SNMPv3
Inform.
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For SNMP TRAPs, the engine ID is prepopulated.
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For SNMP INFORM communications, leave the resend settings at
their default or continue with Step 5d.
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In the Timeout field, specify 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.
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In the Number of Retries field, specify 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.
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For both SNMP TRAPS and INFORMS, enter the following as needed
and then click OK to apply the settings.
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Host name
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Port number
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User ID for accessing the host – Ensure the User
ID has the SNMPv3 permission.
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Host security level – For host security levels
and next steps, see the following table.
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noAuthNoPriv
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No authorization or privacy protocols are
needed.
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authNoPriv
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Authorization is required but no privacy
protocols are required.
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Select the authentication protocol: MD5 or
SHA.
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Enter the authentication passphrase and then
confirm the authentication passphrase.
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authPriv
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Authentication and privacy protocols are
required.
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Select the authentication protocol: MD5 or
SHA.
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Enter the authentication passphrase and
confirm the authentication passphrase.
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Select the Privacy Protocol: DES or
AES.
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Enter the privacy passphrase and then
confirm the privacy passphrase.
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