About SNMP Configuration

SNMP configuration architecture is based on using traps to notify a network management system of events and alarms that are generated by the MPE and MRA application software, and those that are generated by the underlying platforms. Alarms and telemetry data are continuously collected from the entire Policy Management network and stored in the CMP system. Alarms cause a trap to be sent as a notification of an event.

Because the underlying platform can deliver the alarms from the MPE or MRA system to the CMP system, SNMP can be configured in either of two ways:

The Policy Management system can be configured so that the CMP system is the source of all traps (the left side of Figure SNMP Configuration).

The Policy Management system can be configured to allow each server to generate its own traps and deliver them to the SNMP management servers the right side of the following figure.

The Traps from individual Servers option (see Configuring SNMP Settings) determines the mode in which the SNMP notifications operate. When enabled, each server generates traps and the Policy Management system operates as shown on the right side of Figure. SNMP configuration is pushed from the CMP system to the managed servers in the network.