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The Trap Forwarder application lets you forward certain traps the management station receives to other management stations. Trap Forwarder consists of a user interface and a background process. All traps sent to the management station or remote con- sole can have actions configured. For more information, see the HP online manual, Using Network Node Manager Special Edition.

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The Trap Forwarder user interface is launchable from NNM SE Tools—>Dell—>Trap Forwarder on the toolbar. The background process starts automatically if traps are configured and runs in the background when other OpenView background processes are started. The background process can be started and stopped using the ovstart and ovstop commands, respectively. Status can be viewed using ovstatus.

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NOTE: Traps must be configured to be forwarded from the managed node using the Trap Destination tab on the Microsoft SNMP Properties applet.

The Trap Forwarder user interface consists of a list of servers from which traps can be received and a list of traps for various enterprises. A selection list displays the existing configuration for all traps that need to be forwarded from various servers.

To configure traps, use the following procedure:

1.Pull down the Managed Nodes menu, and then click Forward For.

2.Click the server that you want to configure or click the All Servers option.

If a previous configuration exists, the list of traps that need to be forwarded is displayed in the Traps to be Forwarded list. You can then add or remove previ- ously configured traps from the list.

3.Click the traps you want to add, and then click Add—>or click Add All. The traps appear in the Traps to be Forwarded list.

4.Click Apply.

The traps appear in the Selection list.

5.Click OK.

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NNM SE 1.2 specifications

Dell Network Node Manager (NNM) SE 1.2 is an advanced network management solution designed to help organizations effectively monitor, troubleshoot, and manage their IT infrastructure with ease. This powerful tool is tailored to enhance network availability, performance, and security, enabling IT teams to quickly respond to any issues that may arise while maintaining operational efficiency.

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