Events Menu

Event Recipients

Overview

The Web interface and Control Console both have options that allow

 

you to define the trap receivers and up to four Email addresses to be

 

used when an event occurs that has the SNMP traps or Email enabled,

 

as described in Event Actions (Web Interface only) on page 53.

Trap receivers

The Trap Receiver settings allow you to define up to four specific NMSs

 

to which traps will be sent.

 

 

 

Note: In the Control Console, access these settings through the

 

 

SNMP option in the Network menu.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item

 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Community Name

 

The password (maximum of 15

 

 

 

 

 

characters) used when traps are sent to

 

 

 

 

 

the NMS identified by the Receiver NMS IP

 

 

 

 

 

setting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Receiver NMS IP

 

The IP address of the NMS to which traps

 

 

 

 

 

will be sent. If this setting is 0.0.0.0 (the

 

 

 

 

 

default value), traps will not be sent to any

 

 

 

 

 

NMS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trap Generation

 

Enables (by default) or disables the

 

 

 

 

 

sending of any traps to the NMS identified

 

 

 

 

 

the Receiver NMS IP setting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Authentication Traps

 

Enables or disables the sending of

 

 

 

 

 

authentication traps to the NMS identified

 

 

 

 

 

the Receiver NMS IP setting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Email options

See Email on the next page.

 

 

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APC AP9606 manual Event Recipients, As described in Event Actions Web Interface only on, See Email on the next

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