Chapter 3 - Configuring the REX2

Configuring Trap Receivers

The Campus-REX2 sends traps to devices on the network, which you configure as trap receivers, when events or alarms occur. The following are traps that the Campus-REX2 can issue:

•coldStart

•warmStart

•linkDown

•linkUp

•authenticationFailure

Configure the trap receivers as follows:

1Do the following to enter an IP address and a community string for each of three trap receivers that you can configure:

a To enter the IP address for a device on the network that will receives traps issued by Campus-REX2, type 7 , 9 , or 1 + 1 then press ENTER . At the prompt, enter the IP address:

Required format is nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn

Enter Trap Receiver x IP Address: 172.150.100.12

bTo enter the community string for a device on the network that will receives traps issued by Campus-REX2, type 8 , 1 + 0 , or 1 + 2 then press ENTER . At the prompt, enter the community string that can be up to 64 ASCII characters:

Maximum length is 64 characters.

Enter Trap Receiver 1 Community String: rcvr1

2Repeat Step 1 for each trap receiver you want to configure.

3Type R to return until you return to the Bridge or Router Configuration screen.

4If you are changing only SNMP parameters, go to “Saving the Bridge Configuration” on page 40 or “Saving the Router Configuration” on page 55 to save your changes.

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