Enterasys Networks 6000, Matrix E7 Trap Selection

Managing Ethernet MicroLAN Modules

Your Alarm Limits are now set. Any condition that exceeds these alarm limits will

generate an alarm, and disable that board or port, if so configured. Refer to the Element

Manager Alarm and Event Handling Guide for information on how to use the alarm

logging facilities to view alarms.

Trap Selection

Among the traps which Enterasys devices are designed to generate are traps which

indicate when a repeater port gains or loses a link signal (Link State Traps); when the

repeater segments (disconnects) a port due to collision activity, and when a segmented

port becomes active again (Segmentation Traps); and several traps that result from

changes in a port’s Source Address Table (Source Address Traps). In some networks,

these traps may impart more information than a network manager wants to see. With the

Trap Selection option available from the Repeater, Board, and Port menus, you can

selectively enable and disable these traps.

Any traps issued by the Ethernet MicroLAN module will appear in NetSight Element

Manager’s alarm logging facility. (Refer to your Alarm and Event Handling Guide for

more details.)

To open the repeater-level Trap Selection window from the Device View:

1. Click on Repeater on the Device View menu bar, drag down to the

appropriate repeater selection, then right to reveal the Repeater menu.

2. Select Trap Selection. The Repeater Trap Selection window, Figure 5-6, will

appear.

NOTE In order for your device to issue any traps – and in order for your management

workstation to receive those traps – your Ethernet MicroLAN module’s trap table must

have been properly configured via Local Management; see the Ethernet MicroLAN

module hardware manual or Local Management documentation for more information.