Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold User Guide - Ipswitch Documentation Server

Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold User Guide
2 Click Passive Monitor Listeners. The WhatsUp Gold Passive Monitor Listeners display in
a list.
3 Select the SNMP Trap listener, then click Configure. The SNMP Listener Configuration
dialog appears.
4 Enter or select the appropriate information in the following fields:
Listen for messages on port. Select this option if you want WhatsUp Gold to listen
for SNMP traps. The standard SNMP trap port is 162, but you can change this port to a
non-standard port number.
Note: When you change the port number, the change takes place as soon as you save the
change; you do not have to re-start WhatsUp Gold for the change to take effect.
Accept unsolicited SNMP traps. Select this option to receive and log all incoming
SNMP traps, including those not assigned to devices as passive monitors. By default,
SNMP traps assigned to devices as passive monitors are logged and can trigger
actions. Incoming traps received as unsolicited traps are logged to the System SNMP
Trap Log.
Caution: When this option is selected, every SNMP trap that is received by WhatsUp Gold is
logged to the database. Enabling this option can result in a large database that impacts
performance; we strongly advise that you leave this option disabled, except when you are
troubleshooting.
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