Trap Receiver v3 Configuration

Use the Trap Receiver V3 Configuration page to configure settings for each SNMPv3 management host that will receive notifications about traps generated by the device. The SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) management host is also known as the SNMP trap receiver.

To access this page, click System > Advanced Configuration > SNMP > Trap Receiver V3 from the navigation menu.

Use the buttons to perform the following tasks:

To add an SNMP trap receiver and configure its settings, click Add and complete the required information.
To delete one or more SNMP trap receivers from the list, select each entry to delete and click Remove.

Trap Receiver v3 Configuration Fields

Field	Description
Host IP Address	The IP address of the SNMP management host that will receive traps generated by the device.
User Name	The name of the SNMP user that is authorized to receive the SNMP notification.
Notify Type	The type of SNMP notification to send the SNMP management host: Inform: An SNMP message that notifies the host when a certain event has occurred on the device. The message is acknowledged by the SNMP management host. This type of notification is not available for SNMPv1. Trap: An SNMP message that notifies the host when a certain event has occurred on the device. The message is not acknowledged by the SNMP management host.
Security Level	The security level associated with the SNMP user, which is one of the following: No Auth No Priv: No authentication and no data encryption (no security). Auth No Priv: Authentication, but no data encryption. With this security level, users send SNMP messages that use an MD5 (Message-Digest algorithm 5) key/password for authentication, but not a DES key/password for encryption. Auth Priv: Authentication and data encryption. With this security level, users send an MD5 key/password for authentication and a DES key/password for encryption.
Timeout Value	The number of seconds to wait for an acknowledgment from the SNMP management host before resending an inform message.
Retries	The number of times to resend an inform message that is not acknowledged by the SNMP management host.
Filter	The name of the filter for the SNMP management host. The filter is configured by using the CLI and defines which MIB (Management Information Base) objects to include or exclude from the view. This field is optional.
UDP Port	The UDP (User Datagram Protocol) port on the SNMP management host that will receive the SNMP notifications. If no value is specified when configuring a receiver, the default UDP port value is used.

If you change any of the parameters, click Submit to apply the changes to the system. If you want the switch to retain the new values across a power cycle, you must save the configuration.

Published October 2018prev | next

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