Chapter 6: Using the Web Interface1985. In the Action field, click the drop-down arrow and select the desiredaction: Send SNMP notification.6. Select the type of SNMP notification. See either procedure belowaccording to your selection.To send SNMP v2c notifications:1. From the Notification Type drop-down, select SNMPv2c Trap orSNMPv2c Inform.2. For SNMP INFORM communications, leave the resend settings attheir default or:a. In the Timeout (sec) field, enter the interval of time, in seconds,after which a new inform communication is resent if the first isnot received. For example, resend a new inform communicationonce every 3 seconds.b. In the Number of Retries field, enter the number of times youwant to resend the inform communication if it fails. For example,inform communications are resent up to 5 times when the initialcommunication fails.3. In the Host fields, enter the IP address of the device(s) you want toaccess. This is the address to which notifications are sent by theSNMP system agent.4. In the Port fields, enter the port number used to access thedevice(s).5. In the Community fields, enter the SNMP community string to accessthe device(s). The community is the group representing the EMX andall SNMP management stations.Tip: An SNMP v2c notification action only permits entering a maximum ofthree SNMP destinations. To assign more than three SNMP destinationsto a specific rule, first create several SNMP v2c notification actions, eachof which contains completely different SNMP destinations, and then addall of these SNMP v2c notification actions to the same rule.To send SNMP v3 notifications:1. From the Notification Type drop-down, select SNMPv3 Trap orSNMPv3 Inform.2. For SNMP TRAPs, the engine ID is prepopulated.3. For SNMP INFORM communications, leave the resend settings attheir default or:a. In the Timeout (sec) field, enter the interval of time, in seconds,after which a new inform communication is resent if the first isnot received. For example, resend a new inform communicationonce every 3 seconds.
