SNMP Notifications

Use this action to send an SNMP notification to one or more SNMP servers.

See Event Management for help assigning this action to an event.

• To create the SNMP notification action:

1. Select Send SNMP Notification from the Action list.
2. Select the type of SNMP notification. Follow the procedure below based on your selection.

• SNMP v2c notifications:

  

1. In the Notification Type field, select SNMPv2c Trap.
2. In the Host fields, enter the IP address of the device(s) you want to access. This is the address to which notifications are sent by the SNMP system agent.
3. In the Port fields, enter the port number used to access the device(s).
4. In the Community fields, enter the SNMP community string to access the device(s). The community is the group representing the Dominion KX IV–101 and all SNMP management stations.
5. Click Create.

Tip: An SNMP v2c notification action permits a maximum of three SNMP destinations. If you need to assign more than 3 SNMP destinations to an event, you can create and assign multiple actions comprising all the destinations.

• SNMP v3 notifications:

Note: Duplicated SNMP Trap v3 secName (User ID) is not supported when multiple SNMP Trap destinations are configured.

1. In the Notification Type field, select SNMPv3 Trap. The engine ID is prepopulated.
2. Enter the following as needed and then click OK to apply the settings:
   1. Host: Enter the IP address of the device(s) you want to access. This is the address to which notifications are sent by the SNMP system agent.
   2. Port number
   3. User ID for accessing the host -- make sure the User ID has SNMPv3 permission.
   4. Select the host security level:

      Security level	Description
      "noAuthNoPriv"	Select this if no authorization or privacy protocols are needed.
      "authNoPriv"	Select this if authorization is required but no privacy protocols are required. Select the authentication protocol - MD5 or SHA Enter the authentication passphrase and then confirm the authentication passphrase
      "authPriv"	Select this if authentication and privacy protocols are required. Select the authentication protocol - MD5 or SHA Enter the authentication passphrase and confirm the authentication passphrase Select the Privacy Protocol - DES or AES Enter the privacy passphrase and then confirm the privacy passphrase

3. Click Create.