322 Monitoring and Alert ManagementTesting the RAC SNMP Trap Alert FeatureThe RAC SNMP trap alerting feature allows SNMP trap listenerconfigurations to receive traps for system events that occur on themanaged system.The following example shows how a user can test the SNMP trap alert featureof the RAC.racadm testtrap -i 2Before you test the RAC SNMP trap alerting feature, ensure that the SNMPand trap settings are configured correctly. To configure these settings, seetesttrap and testemail subcommand descriptions in the iDRAC6Administrator Reference Guide available on the Dell Support website atsupport.dell.com/manuals.Frequently Asked Question about SNMPAuthenticationWhy is the following message displayed:Remote Access: SNMP Authentication FailureAs part of discovery, IT Assistant attempts to verify the device’s get and setcommunity names. In IT Assistant, you have the get community name =public and the set community name = private. By default, the communityname for the iDRAC6 agent is public. When IT Assistant sends out a setrequest, the iDRAC6 agent generates the SNMP authentication error becauseit will only accept requests from community = public.NOTE: This is the SNMP agent community name used for discovery.You can change the iDRAC6 community name using RACADM.To see the iDRAC6 community name, use the following command:racadm getconfig -g cfgOobSnmpTo set the iDRAC6 community name, use the following command:racadm config -g cfgOobSnmp -ocfgOobSnmpAgentCommunity <community name>
