HP Systems Insight Manager 5.2 Update 2 Technical Reference Guide

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• Managing event handling tasks
• Creating an automatic event handling task
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• Configuring status change events
Related topics
• Events
• Managing MIBs
Configuring SNMP traps
Perform the following procedure to view and edit user-modifiable attributes associated with SNMP traps .
To configure SNMP traps:
1. Select Options→Events→SNMP Trap Settings. The Snmp Trap Settings page appears.
2. Select the MIB name from the MIB Name dropdown list.
3. Select the trap name from the Trap Name dropdown list. The Event Type and Description change
according to the trap name selected.
4. (Optional) Change the Event Type.
5. (Optional) Edit the Description.
6. Select Yes or No in the Enable Trap Handling box.
7. Select the category from the Category dropdown list.
8. Select the severity from the Severity dropdown list. The available options are Informational, Warning,
Minor, Major, and Critical.
9. Click OK to save the settings.
SNMP trap fields
DescriptionField Names
Select a MIB name from the dropdown list. All the remaining fields
change according to the MIB name selected.
MIB Name
The default trap name is completed when a MIB name is selected
in the MIB Name field. However, you can modify it by selecting
a different trap name in the dropdown list.
Trap Name
The type is a reflective form of the actual trap name. Change the
type if it does not adequately describe the system for you.
Event Type
The description is vendor-supplied. Replace it with more specific
instructions, a precise reference source, or a website referral.
Description
Most traps are enabled. Trap handling gives you control over the
volume of messages. Turn off nuisance messages, such as
unnecessary informational messages, or repeated trap messages
for an event that has not been corrected.
Enable Trap Handling
The category lists the HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM)
category types and Unknown.
Category
Some vendors use the default Informational for all severity levels.
Change the severity to a level that reflects your judgment of the
problem. Alternatively, you can change a Major or Critical severity
for a trap message that is clearly not a critical situation in your
environment. Only you know if this is the case. The only valid
options for HP SIM are Critical, Major, Minor, Warning, and
Informational.
Severity
554 Administering systems and events