Config Panel (2.40) - Guntermann und Drunck GmbH

Configuring SNMP traps
Device monitoring via SNMP
How to add a new trap or edit an existing trap:
1. Use the tree view to click on KVM switches > [All switches].
2. Right-click the device to be configured. Now, click the Configuration entry in the
context menu.
3. Click the tabs Network > SNMP trap.
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 field.
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 field.
Log level: Select from which severity level on an SNMP trap is to be sent.
The selected severity level as well as all lower severity levels
are logged.
NOTE: If you select the severity level 2 - Critical, SNMP traps are sent for
occurences of this level as well as of the severity levels 1 - Alarm and
0 - Emergency.
Version: Select if the traps are to be created and sent according to the
SNMPv2c (v2c) or SNMPv3 (v3) protocol version.
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.
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