User's Guide

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7signal Sapphire Carat Carat User Guide Release 3.0
15.5 Alarms and SNMP
Some alarms in Sapphire Carat can be forwarded as SNMP notifications to a receiving server.
1. From the top menu bar, select “Manage | Alarms | SNMP”
2. Enter the IP address or DNS name of the receiving server
3. Enter the UDP port to use
4. Select the SNMP version (v2c/v3) to be used for the message format
5. If you select v3, you must also:
a. Enter a security name
b. Select the security level (authentication / no authentication)
c. If you select authentication, configure its settings:
i. Select an encryption method (MD5/SHA)
ii. Enter a password
iii. Re-enter the password
6. Select the alarms you want to forward
7. Select the events you want to forward:
a. Alarms issued
b. Acknowledged alarms
c. Alarms that have been turned off
8. Select “Update”
9. Right-click “SNMP clients” in the Network topology and select “Save”