Users Guide

dene and manage traps. Using the imported and manually-managed trap denitions, OpenManage Essentials properly classies the
incoming trap from a specic device.
NOTE: Importing traps portal is optional and only needed for formatting alerts from non-Dell devices.
About importing MIBs
Use case scenario: As an administrator you want to monitor (listen and classify incoming traps) a device that is not supported by
OpenManage Essentials.
Solution: Verify whether the device supports SNMP protocol. If the device supports SNMP protocol, ensure that the service is
running and the trap destination points to the OpenManage Essentials-based system. For unsupported device traps, dene the traps
in OpenManage Essentials by importing the trap denitions using the Alerts portal. The following table provides information about
traps before and after they are imported to the OpenManage Essentials database.
Table 185. Importing MIBs
Feature Before Importing the MIB to the
OpenManage Essentials Database
After Importing the MIB to the
OpenManage Essentials Database
Can I see traps coming from the device in
the OpenManage Essentials alerts portal?
Yes Yes
Will traps have a severity value? No, the severity is unknown. Yes
Will traps have a valid name? No, the name is unknown. Yes, the trap name is dened in the MIB.
Will traps have a valid event category
name?
No, the event category name is unknown. Yes, a new category is created by default.
Will traps have a description? Yes, all the description details are present.
However, the details are not formatted.
Yes, the description is present in the
format dened while importing the trap.
Will the trap display the trap variable
values?
Yes Yes (by default), provided the format
string values are not removed prior to
importing the traps to OpenManage
Essentials.
Will the trap display the Enterprise object
identier (OID), Specic OID, and Generic
OID?
Yes Yes
Will the trap display additional trap
variables which can be used for
debugging?
Yes, however, the details are not
formatted.
Yes
Will the trap display the host name or IP
address of the device?
Yes Yes
Can I use traps in various alert actions to
forward the trap to another management
console, execute a task, or lter the
unwanted traps?
Yes, but the features are limited. Rules
specic to severity, event category, event
name, and so on are not possible.
Yes, the traps are dened so all the alert
actions are supported based on the trap
name, category, severity, and so on.
Can I perform various UI actions
(acknowledge, delete, and so on) on the
traps?
Yes Yes
Will purging of alerts work on the traps? Yes No
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