Utilization Alarm/SNMP Notification Generation

Utilization alarms are written to syslog and forwarded to all SNMP management stations configured as notification destinations. For SNMP notifications to be generated, forwarded, and displayed correctly in your SNMP management station, all of the following must be true:

Requirement

Description

SNMP Enabled

Use the snmp-server enable options to turn on the node’s SNMP functionality and enable notifications.

SNMP Destinations Configured

Use the snmp-server host options in the CLI to specify the IP addresses for SNMP notification destinations.

SNMP Notifications Enabled for Utilization Alarms

Use the portutilization argument for the snmp-server notify event command to enable high utilization notifications. For example:

(config) # snmp-server notify event portutilization

Use the lowportutilization argument for the snmp-server notify event command to enable low utilization notifications. For example:

(config) # snmp-server notify event lowportutilization

Refer to Configure Port Utilization Thresholds and Notifications.

GigaVUE MIB Compiled at Management Station

You can obtain Gigamon’s latest private MIB file by contacting support@gigamon.com.

Refer to Use SNMP for information on configuring the GigaVUE H Series node’s SNMP features.