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IPN 997-00012-41D December 2006
Setting Up SNMP Traps
The SM45 supervisory module can be configured to send alarms as SNMP traps to up to
eight different SNMP trap receivers.
To send alarms as SNMP traps, first set up Ethernet communications (see page 6-
3 for
details), and then use DCTools to set up SNMP traps as follows:
1 From the DCTools System Summary (Home) screen, click the Configuration
and then
Communications
hotlink to display the Communications view.
2 Click the
button to the left of SNMP to display the SNMP configuration view.
3 Do not change the default settings of SNMP Read Community (public) and SNMP
Write Community (private), unless requested by the network administrator.
4 Configure Trap Repeat and Trap Repeat Rate as appropriate.
5 For each receiver, configure the following parameters using the configuration guidelines.
Parameter Configuration Guidelines
Name Enter the name of the SNMP trap receiver (20 characters
maximum).
Level SNMP Trap Level –
controls reportin
g
of specific events for each
receiver as follows:
• Select All Events And Alarms to receive events and urgent
and non-urgent alarms. (Typically events are status
messages such as Equalize Active.)
• Select Urgent And Non Urgent Alarms to receive both
urgent and non-urgent alarm notifications.
• Select Urgent Alarms Only to receive only urgent alarm
notifications.
• Select Disabled to temporarily disable notifications to the
receiver.
IP Address Enter the IP address of the trap receiver that has been assigned
by the network administrator.
Port Enter the port number of the trap receiver that has been
assigned by the network administrator.
Trap Community A form of password. Use public, unless the network
administrator has assigned a new password.
Mode Select:
• Normal Traps for sending traps to any network
management system, except PowerManagerII
• Acknowledged Summary Trap for sending traps to
PowerManagerII only