SNMP Trap Receiver Service
SNMP Trap Receiver Service allows you to receive SNMP messages. MonitorWare Agent and Winsyslog
provides SNMP Trap Receiver support. At the moment only SNMP v1 and v2
traps can be received by WinSyslog and MonitorWare Agent. SNMP cannot be generated from WinSyslog and
MonitorWare Agent at
the moment. Within WinSyslog and MonitorWare Agent you can process an SNMP like Syslog message e.g. you
can forward them by email, store them into files and so on.
MonitorWAre Agent and WinSyslog listen to port 162 by default (for SNMP Traps).Winsyslog's and
MonitorWare Agent support
for SNMP co-exist peacefully with the native Windows 2000 SNMP Agent. There won't be
a conflict with the Windows 2000 SNMP Agent, because it is listening on port
161 and not on 162. Windows 2000 SNMP Agents listen for
monitoring requests (gets/sets) on 161, while SNMP Network Monitoring clients listen for traps on
162 therefore, Winsyslog and MonitorWare Agent would be playing the role of a
client here.
A rough description of a Trap is that it is somewhat like a Syslog message,
just over another protocol (SNMP). A Trap is generated when the device feels it
should do so and it contains the information that the device feels should be
transmitted. It also contains some (few) standard items, such as
the community, enterprise, generic name, version and uptime.
Here is an example for creating a SNMP Trap Reciever
Service. We would like to get an email whenever a trap comes with version
1 and its community is public.We use the default format for forwarding. Please replace this with whatever actions you
desire.
1. Creat a SNMP Trap Receiver Service.
2. Define a Ruleset as "SNMP Trap Receiver".
3. Add a rule as "Forward Email".
4. Click on the Filter Condition and configure it. In the end it should look like this.
5. Now define an action as "Forward via Email" and configure it according to
your settings.
6. Once done don't forget to restart your configuration program.
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