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SNMP traps
With Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) traps, you can automatically get notifications for
significant ATS events. They are a useful tool for monitoring devices on your network.
Path: Configuration > Notification > SNMP Traps > Trap Receivers
The trap receivers are displayed by NMS IP/Host Name, (NMS stands for Network Management
System). You can configure up to six trap receivers. To configure a new trap receiver, click Add Trap
Receiver. To edit (or delete) a trap receiver, select its IP address/host name.
Trap Generation: Enable (the default) or disable trap generation for this trap receiver.
NMS IP/Host Name: The IPv4/ IPv6 address or host name of this trap receiver. The default, 0.0.0.0,
leaves the trap receiver undefined.
Language: Select a language from the drop-down list. This can differ from the Web UI and from other
trap receivers.
Select either SNMPv1 or SNMPv3 to specify the trap type. For an NMS to receive both types of traps,
you must separately configure two trap receivers for that NMS, one for each trap type.
SNMPv1: Settings for SNMPv1.
• Community Name: The name used as an identifier when SNMPv1 traps are sent to this trap
receiver.
• Authenticate Traps: When this option is enabled (the default), the NMS identified by the NMS IP/
Host Name setting will receive authentication traps (traps generated by invalid attempts to log on
to this device).
SNMPv3: Settings for SNMPv3.
• User Name: Select the identifier of the user profile for this trap receiver.
If you delete a trap receiver, all notification settings configured under “Configuring event actions” for the
deleted trap receiver are set to their default values.
Path: Configuration > Notification > SNMP Traps > Test
Last Test Result: The result of the most recent SNMP trap test. A successful SNMP trap test verifies
only that a trap was sent; it does not verify that the trap was received by the selected trap receiver. A trap
test succeeds if all of the following are true:
• The SNMP version (SNMPv1 or SNMPv3) configured for the selected trap receiver is enabled on
this device.
• The trap receiver itself is enabled.
• If a host name is selected for the To address, that host name can be mapped to an valid IP
address.
To: Select the IP address or host name to which a test SNMP trap will be sent. If no trap receiver is
configured, a link to the Trap Receiver configuration screen (snmp receiver) is displayed.