Config Panel - Guntermann und Drunck GmbH

Device monitoring via SNMP
Configuring SNMP traps
How to add a new trap or edit an existing trap:
1. Use the tree view to click on UserCenter.
2. Right-click the device to be configured. Now click the Configuration entry in the
context menu.
3. Click the Network > SNMP trap tabs.
4. Click Add or Edit.
5. Enter the following data in the Global paragraph:
Server: Enter the IP address of the Network Management Servers.
Protocol: Select the protocol (TCP or UDP) – normally UDP – via which
the SNMP packets are to be transmitted.
Port: Define the port – normally 162 – on which the outgoing
SNMP packets are to be accepted.
Retries: Enter the number of retries to send an SNMP Inform.
NOTE: Inputs are only possible if the Inform option has been selected in the
Notification type entry.
Timeout: Enter the time (in seconds) after which an SNMP Inform is to
be sent again if you have received no confirmation.
NOTE: Inputs are only possible if the Inform option has been selected in the
Notification type entry.
Log level: Select from which severity level an SNMP trap is to be sent.
6. If you use the SNMPv2c protocol version, use the respective paragraph to enter the
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The selected severity level and all lower severity levels are
logged.
NOTE: If you select the 2 - Critical, severity level SNMP traps are sent for
occurrences from this level and from the 1 - Alarm and 0 - Emergency severity
levels.
Version: Select if the traps are to be created and sent according to the
SNMPv2c (v2c) or SNMPv3 (v3) protocol.
Notification type: Select if the occurrences are sent as Trap or Inform packet.
NOTE: Inform packets require a confirmation of the Network Management System.
If this confirmation is not available, the transmission is repeated.