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Table Of Contents

Installing and configuring the Edge Switch 2/2452

Configure SNMP trap message recipients

Perform this procedure to configure community names, write authorizations, and network addresses

and for up to 12 SNMP trap message recipients on the HAFM appliance. A trap recipient is a

management workstation that receives notification (through SNMP) if a switch event occurs.

To configure SNMP trap recipients:

1. At the Hardware View page for the selected switch, select Configure > SNMP Agent. The

Configure SNMP Agent dialog box is displayed (Figure 22).

Figure 22 Configure SNMP Agent dialog box

a. For each trap recipient to be configured, enter a community name of 64 or fewer

alphanumeric characters in the associated Community Name field. The community name is

incorporated in SNMP trap messages to ensure against unauthorized viewing or use.

b. Click the check box in the Write Authorization column to enable or disable write

authorization for the trap recipient (default is disabled). A check mark in the box indicates

write authorization is enabled. When the feature is enabled, a management workstation user

can change the HAFM appliance’s sysContact, sysName, and sysLocation SNMP

variables.

c. Enter the IP address or DNS host name of the trap recipient (SNMP management

workstation) in the associated Trap Recipient field. Use 32 or fewer alphanumeric characters.

HP recommends that the IP address be used.

d. The default user datagram protocol (UDP) port number for trap recipients is 162. Enter a

decimal port number in the associated UDP Port Number field to override the default.

2. To enable transmission of trap messages to configured SNMP management workstations, click

Enable Authorization Traps. A check mark is displayed in the box when transmission is enabled

(see Figure 22).

3. Click Activate to save the information and close the dialog box.