Specifications

9031280 E4 Configuring RMON Alarms and Events
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Traps
SPMA Trap Table Tool
If you plan to define RMON events which will send SNMP traps, you must
first configure both the RMON agent and your management station to handle
them. This section describes that process.
SPMA Trap Table Tool
The SPECTRUM Portable Management Application Trap Table Tool is part of
the SPMA Tools which are available from Cabletron as part of the SPMA core
product. This tool is not needed to perform the steps when you configure traps;
however, its use will simplify trap table configuration. Where appropriate,
this tool is referred to in the following section.
Management Station
Typically, traps received by a management station are saved as entries in
event logs on the management station. With SPECTRUM, you will see these
traps as events in SPECTRUM’s Event Log and no configuration is necessary
to accomplish this.
Also, these events are integrated with SPECTRUM’s Alarm View so you are
alerted by a SPECTRUM alarm when they occur. If you choose, you can use
SPECTRUM Applications such as SpectroPhone, Remedy Gateway or the
SPECTRUM Alarm Notifier to extend the notification to include paging,
phone notification, trouble ticketing, electronic mail, and so on.
NOTE
Traps are an SNMP facility that acts on behalf of the RMON agent or other
function on a device. This facility is not part of the RMON standard itself.
NOTE
While configuring events to generate traps, you will encounter an event
community name parameter, sometimes referred to as a trap destination
group. This identifies a group of trap destinations defined at the RMON
agent. This is not the community name of the destination management
station.