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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide
OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x
Chapter 34 Third-Party Integration
Configuring SNMP Events

Configuring SNMP Events

SNMP events are asynchronous notifications of status, performance, or configuration changes on the
monitored switch. These events can be either traps or informs. Traps are unacknowledged, while informs
use TCP to tell the sending switch that the event was received at the configured destination. The switch
will retry an inform after the configured timeout period if the SNMP event destination does not return
an acknowledgement of the SNMP event. Fabric Manager or Device Manager can enable or disable
individual SNMP events for each switch to provide customized notifications.

Filtering SNMP Events

SNMP events cover a broad spectrum of features on the Cisco MDS 9000 Family switches. As an
administrator, you may find some events are more important to your fabric management than others.
Fabric Manager and Device Manager let you enable or disable individual SNMP events so that you only
receive the SNMP events you are interested in at your SNMP event destinations.
To filter individual SNMP events, follow these steps:
Step 1 On Fabric Manager, choose Switches > Events > SNMP Traps and then click the FC or Other tab in
the Information pane.
On Device Manager, choose Admin > Events > Filters.
Step 2 Check the check boxes for the SNMP events you want sent to your SNMP event destinations.
Step 3 Click Apply Changes on Fabric Manager, or Create on Device Manager to save and apply your changes.
Chassis part number Top assembly number of the chassis. For example, 800-xxx-xxxx. /mml/body/chassis/partNo
Command output
text
Output of command automatically executed after event categories listed
in .
/mml/attachments/attachmen
t/atdata
MIME type Normally text or plain or encoding type. /mml/attachments/attachmen
t/mime
Attachment type Specifically command output. /mml/attachments/attachmen
t/type
Command output
name
The exact name of the issued command. /mml/attachments/attachmen
t/name
Table 34-5 User-Generated Test Message Format (continued)
Data Item
(Plain text and XML)
Description
(Plain text and XML)
XML Tag
(XML only)