HP SIM V5.1 User Guide (356920-009, January 2007)

SNMP trap fields
DescriptionField Names
Select a MIB name from the dropdown list. All the remaining fields
change according to the MIB name selected.
MIB Name
The default trap name is completed when a MIB name is selected
in the MIB Name field. However, you can modify it by selecting
a different trap name in the dropdown list.
Trap Name
The type is a reflective form of the actual trap name. Change the
type if it does not adequately describe the system for you.
Event Type
The description is vendor-supplied. Replace it with more specific
instructions, a precise reference source, or a website referral.
Description
Most traps are enabled. Trap handling gives you control over the
volume of messages. Turn off nuisance messages, such as
unnecessary informational messages, or repeated trap messages
for an event that has not been corrected.
Enable Trap Handling
The category lists the HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM)
category types and Unknown.
Category
Some vendors use the default Informational for all severity levels.
Change the severity to a level that reflects your judgment of the
problem. Alternatively, you can change a Major or Critical severity
for a trap message that is clearly not a critical situation in your
environment. Only you know if this is the case. The only valid
options for HP SIM are Critical, Major, Minor, Warning, and
Informational.
Severity
Related procedures
• Configuring e-mail settings
• Configuring event filters for registered SNMP traps
• Configuring modem settings for paging
• Managing event handling tasks
• Creating an automatic event handling task
• Configuring status change events
• WBEM indications
Related topics
• Events
• Examples of e-mail pages
• Managing MIBs
Configuring status change events
Perform the following procedure to configure the sending of status change events for systems when hardware
status changes to and from a Critical (unreachable) state only.
To configure status change event settings:
1. Select Options→Events→Status Change Event Settings. The Status Change Event Settings
page appears.
2. Two options are available on this page. Select one or both of the options.
• Enable creation of system status change events. This option causes a system unreachable
event to be sent whenever a system cannot be reached by a ping through the Hardware Status
478 Administering systems and events