Oracle^® Rack Universal Power Distribution Unit User's Guide

Sending an SNMP Notification

You can send an SNMP notification to one or multiple SNMP destinations.

1. Select Device Settings → Event Rules → + New Action.
2. Select Send SNMP notification in the Action list.
3. Select the type of SNMP notification: SNMP v2c or SNMP v3.
4. To send SNMP v2c notifications:
   1. In the Notification Type field, select SNMPv2c Trap or SNMPv2c Inform.
   2. For SNMP INFORM communications, leave the resend settings at their default or continue with Step 4c.
   3. 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.
   4. 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.
   5. 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.
   6. In the Port fields, enter the port number used to access the device(s).
   7. 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.

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      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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5. To send SNMP v3 notifications:
   1. In the Notification Type field, 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 continue with Step 5d.
   4. 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.
   5. 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.
   6. For both SNMP TRAPS and INFORMS, enter the following as needed and then click OK to apply the settings.

      • Host name

      • Port number

      • User ID for accessing the host – Ensure the User ID has the SNMPv3 permission.

      • Host security level – For host security levels and next steps, see the following table.

        Host Security Level Description/Next Steps noAuthNoPriv No authorization or privacy protocols are needed. authNoPriv 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 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.