ZyWALL 2 and ZyWALL 2WE

Table 20-1 SNMP Configuration Menu Fields

FIELD

DESCRIPTION

EXAMPLE

 

 

 

Set Community

Type the Set community, which is the password for incoming Set

Public

 

requests from the management station.

 

Trusted Host

If you enter a trusted host, your ZyWALL will only respond to

0.0.0.0

 

SNMP messages from this address. A blank (default) field means

 

 

your ZyWALL will respond to all SNMP messages it receives,

 

 

regardless of source.

 

 

 

 

Trap

Type the Trap community, which is the password sent with each

Public

Community

trap to the SNMP manager.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Destination

Type the IP address of the station to send your SNMP traps to.

0.0.0.0

 

 

 

When you have completed this menu, press [ENTER] at the prompt “Press [ENTER] to confirm or [ESC] to cancel” to save your configuration or press [ESC] to cancel and go back to the previous screen.

20.4 SNMP Traps

The ZyWALL will send traps to the SNMP manager when any one of the following events occurs:

Table 20-2 SNMP Traps

TRAP #

TRAP NAME

DESCRIPTION

 

 

 

0

coldStart (defined in RFC-1215)

A trap is sent after booting (power on).

 

 

 

1

warmStart (defined in RFC-1215)

A trap is sent after booting (software reboot).

 

 

 

4

authenticationFailure (defined in

A trap is sent to the manager when receiving any SNMP

 

RFC-1215)

get or set requirements with the wrong community

 

 

(password).

 

 

 

6

whyReboot (defined in ZYXEL-

A trap is sent with the reason of restart before rebooting

 

MIB)

when the system is going to restart (warm start).

6a

For intentional reboot :

A trap is sent with the message "System reboot by user!"

 

 

if reboot is done intentionally, (for example, download new

 

 

files, CI command "sys reboot", etc.).

6b

For fatal error :

A trap is sent with the message of the fatal code if the

 

 

system reboots because of fatal errors.

 

 

 

20-4

SNMP Configuration