Setting up SNMP Trap Profiles
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a standard protocol for monitoring the devices on your network. To alert you to system events or threats on your network, monitored devices send SNMP traps to SNMP managers (trap servers). Below is the screenshot of the SNMP profiles module.
SNMP Trap Server Profile
Settings
Identifier
Enter a name for the SNMP profile (up to 31 characters). The name is case-sensitive and must be unique. Use only letters, numbers, spaces, hyphens, and underscores.
Version
Select the SNMP version— V1, V2c or V3.
Remote Host
Enter IP Address or Remote Host Name.
Remote Port
Enter Port Number in number only.
For SNMP V2c
Community
Enter the community string, which identifies an SNMP community of SNMP managers and monitored devices and also serves as a password to authenticate the community members to each other during trap forwarding. The string can have up to 127 characters, accepts all characters, and is case-sensitive. As a best practice, don’t use the default community string public. Because SNMP messages contain community strings in clear text, consider the security requirements of your network when defining community membership (administrator access).
Enterprise Object ID
Identifies the type of managed object that generates the trap. OIDs or Object Identifiers uniquely identify managed objects in an MIB hierarchy. It can be depicted as a tree whose nodes are assigned by different organizations. Generally, an OID is a long sequence of numbers, coding the nodes, separated by dots.
Host Up Time
Enter Up time in number only.
Variable Bindings
The data field of the trap that contains PDU. Each variable binding associates a particular MIB object instance with its current value.
For SNMP V3
Authoritative EngineID
The data field of the trap that contains PDU. Each variable binding associates a particular MIB object instance with its current value.
Engine Boot Value
The data field of the trap that contains PDU. Each variable binding associates a particular MIB object instance with its current value.
Engine Time Value
The data field of the trap that contains PDU. Each variable binding associates a particular MIB object instance with its current value.