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Chapter 39 Access Control

39.3.5 Configuring SNMP Trap Group

Click Management > Access Control > SNMP > Trap Group to view the screen as shown. Use the Trap Group screen to specify the types of SNMP traps that should be sent to each SNMP manager.

Figure 193 Management > Access Control > SNMP > Trap Group

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 132 Management > Access Control > SNMP > Trap Group

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Trap

Select one of your configured trap destination IP addresses. These are

Destination IP

the IP addresses of the SNMP managers. You must first configure a trap

 

destination IP address in the SNMP Setting screen.

 

Use the rest of the screen to select which traps the Switch sends to that

 

SNMP manager.

 

 

Type

Select the categories of SNMP traps that the Switch is to send to the

 

SNMP manager.

 

 

Options

Select the individual SNMP traps that the Switch is to send to the SNMP

 

station. See Section 39.3.3 on page 370 for individual trap descriptions.

 

The traps are grouped by category. Selecting a category automatically

 

selects all of the category’s traps. Clear the check boxes for individual

 

traps that you do not want the Switch to send to the SNMP station.

 

Clearing a category’s check box automatically clears all of the category’s

 

trap check boxes (the Switch only sends traps from selected categories).

 

 

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes to the Switch’s run-time memory. The

 

Switch loses these changes if it is turned off or loses power, so use the

 

Save link on the top navigation panel to save your changes to the non-

 

volatile memory when you are done configuring.

 

 

Cancel

Click Cancel to begin configuring this screen afresh.

 

 

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