Configure SNMP Traps Notification
GigaVUE-FM sends SNMP Trap notification for the GigaVUE-FM events such as Image Upgrade Status, Backup operation Status to the configured SNMP trap receivers. GigaVUE-FM sends SNMP v2c/v3 trap notifications to specified receivers.
Note: You can configure a maximum of 10 SNMP receivers.
Configuring SNMP traps notification consists of the following steps:
| Configure Notification Receivers |
| Enable SNMP Trap and Events |
Configure Notification Receivers
To configure a notification receiver and enable the SNMP sever, do the following:
| 1. | Select Settings > Event Notification > SNMP Server. |
| 2. | Click Add. The Add SNMP Server |
| 3. | Configure the notification receivers by doing the following: |
| a. | Enter the alias name of the SNMP server. |
| a. | Enter the IP address of the trap receivers in the Hostname / IP Address field. |
| b. | Click in the SNMP Version field and select v2c or v3 from the drop-down list. |
If you select v3, you should enter the User Name and select any of the following Security Level in the drop-down list:
| • | noAuthNoPriv – Does not provide authentication or encryption. |
| • | AuthNoPriv – Provides authentication but does not provide encryption. When you select this security level, you should also select the required Authentication protocol and should also provide its password. |
| • | AuthPriv – Provides both authentication and encryption. When you select this security level, you should also select the required Authentication and Encryption protocols, and should also provide their passwords. |
The following table provides information about the field or fields that should be selected for the above mentioned security levels:
|
Security Level |
Auth Protocol and Auth Password |
Priv Protocol and Priv Password |
|---|---|---|
| noAuthNoPriv | No |
No |
| AuthNoPriv | Yes. |
No |
| AuthPriv | Yes |
Yes |
| c. | Enter the server port number in the SNMP Port field. The default port number is 162. |
| d. | Enter the community string in the Community field for SNMP Version v2c. For example, public. |
| 4. | Click Ok. |
SNMP server details is added to the list view.
Validate SNMP Receiver Configuration
To validate the SNMP Receiver Configuration, do the following:
| 1. | Select Settings > Event Notification > SNMP Server. |
| 2. | Select the receiver and clickSend Test SNMP Trap to send a test trap to the selected SNMP receiver. |
Enable SNMP Trap and Events
To enable events for SNMP Server Trap notifications, refer to Event Notifications
