HP 2500 manual Trap Receivers and Authentication Traps, Trap Features

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Configuring for Network Management Applications

Trap Receivers and Authentication Traps

Trap Receivers and Authentication Traps

Trap Features

Feature	Default	Menu	CLI	Web
snmp-server host (trap receiver)	public	—	page 8-12	—
snmp-server enable (authentication trap)	none	—	page 8-12	—

A trap receiver is a management station designated by the switch to receive SNMP traps sent from the switch. An authentication trap is a specialized SNMP trap sent to trap receivers when an unauthorized management station tries to access the switch.

N o t e	Fixed or "Well-Known" Traps: The Series 2500 switches automatically send
	fixed traps (such as "coldStart", "warmStart", "linkDown", and "linkUp") to trap
	receivers using a public community name. These traps cannot be redirected
	to other communities. Thus, if you change or delete the default public com-
	munity name, these traps will be lost.
	Thresholds: The switch automatically sends all messages resulting from
	thresholds to the network management station(s) that set the thresholds,
	regardless of the trap receiver configuration.
	In the default configuration, there are no trap receivers configured, and the
	authentication trap feature is disabled. From the CLI you can configure up to
	ten SNMP trap receivers to receive SNMP traps from the switch. The switch
	can be configured to also send event log messages as traps if the following
	opotions are used with the snmp-server host command:
		Event Level	Description
		None (default)	Send no log messages.
		All	Send all log messages.
		Not INFO	Send the log messages that are not information-only.
		Critical	Send critical-level log messages.
		Debug	Reserved for HP-internal use.

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