SNMP Trap Receiver

A SNMP trap receiver needs to be configured to receive the SNMP traps from the NMC in a Gutor system. Up to six trap receivers can be added for each NMC.

Super users, administrators and device users can add and configure SNMP traps from the CLI and the web interface.

Add and Configure SNMP Trap Receivers from the CLI

To see the configuration options type snmptrap ?.

NOTE: In the table [n] is the number of the trap receiver (1–6).

Setting	Command	Argument	Description
Community	`-c[n]`	`<Community Name>`	Select what SNMPv1 community name to use.
Receiver NMS IP	`-r[n]`	`<IP address>`	Set the IP address for the trap receiver.
Trap Type	`-t[n]`	`snmpV3 \| snmpV1`	Select if the trap receiver should use SNMPv3 or SNMPv1.
Generation	`-g[n]`	`enable \| disable`	Enable or disable trap generation.
Auth Traps	`-a[n]`	`enable \| disable`	Enable or disable trap authentication for SNMPv1.
User Name	`-u[n]`	`profile1 \| profile2 \| profile3 \| profile4`	Select what SNMPv3 user name to use.

For example, to set the trap receiver number 1 to an IP address of 255.255.255.255 using SNMPv3 and the user name for profile1 type: snmptrap -r1 255.255.255.255 -t1 snmpV3 -u1 profile1 -g1 enable and press Enter.
If the SNMP trap command was entered correctly a Success response is displayed, indicating that the SNMP trap was created with the chosen settings.

Add and Configure SNMP Trap Receivers from the Web Interface

Log in to the web interface.
Navigate to Configuration > Notification > SNMP Traps > Trap Receivers.
Here a list of the current trap receivers is displayed, if there are any. To configure an existing trap receiver, click on the NMS IP/host name.
To add a new trap receiver:
1. Click Add Trap Receiver. Here the settings for the SNMP trap can be configured.
2. Check the Enable box under trap generation.
3. Specify the IP address of the trap receiver under NMS IP/Host Name.
4. Select either SNMPv3 or SNMPv1 to use. For SNMPv3 select the user name that should be used. For SNMPv1 select the community name to use and select if the traps should use authentication.
5. Click Apply to save any changes.