Avocent ACS 5000 manual Snmp trap notifications entry, Untitled dropdown field

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To configure a trigger for pager notification for serial ports:

1.Go to Administration - Notifications in Expert mode and select Pager from the pull-down menu. If desired, enable Notification Alarm for Data Buffering for an alarm to sound when the trigger action occurs and click either Add or Edit. The Notifications Add/Edit dialog box displays.

2.Specify the event you wish to trigger a notification for in the Alarm Trigger field.

3.If you need to edit an existing notification, select it from the pull-down list and proceed.

4.Enter or change the pager number in the Pager Number field.

5.Enter or edit the text that describes the event in the Text field.

6.Enter or change the Short Message Services (SMS) username, the SMS server’s IP address or name and the SMS port number in the SMS User Name, SMS Server and SMS Port fields respectively.

7.Click OK.

8.Click apply changes.

SNMP trap notifications entry

When you go to Administration - Notifications and select SNMP Trap from the pull-down menu and then click on the Add or Edit button, the Notifications SNMP Add/Edit dialog box displays.

SNMP traps are event notifications sent to a list of responsible parties set up to receive alerts for the managed systems. Any SNMP enabled device generates Fault Reports (Traps) that are defined in the Management Information Base (MIB). SNMPv1 and SNMPv2 define the messaging format for the trap. The following table describes the available fields in the SNMP trap notification entry dialog box.

Table 10.5: SNMP Trap Notifications Add/Edit Dialog Box Fields

Field name	Definition
Alarm Trigger	The trigger expression used to generate an SNMP trap.
[untitled dropdown field]	The first time you specify an alarm trigger the pull-down menu is empty. A new
	trigger gets listed in the menu after it is created.
OID Type Value	The value that uniquely identifies an object to the SNMP agent.