HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 Technical Reference Guide

Configuring SNMP traps
1. Select Options→Events→SNMP Trap Settings. The Snmp Trap Settings page appears.
2. Select the MIB name from the MIB Name dropdown list.
3. Select the trap name from the Trap Name dropdown list. The Event Type and Description change
according to the trap name selected.
4. (Optional) Change the Event Type.
5. (Optional) Edit the Description.
6. Select Yes or No in the Enable Trap Handling box.
7. Select the category from the Category dropdown list.
8. Select the severity from the Severity dropdown list. The available options are Informational, Warning,
Minor, Major, and Critical.
9. Click OK to save the settings.
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 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
Modifying traps
To modify a specific trap, such as cpqIDELogicalDriveStatusChange , to have trap information included in
e-mail messages, you can edit the MIB cfg. You can add keywords to the MSG_FORMATTER field, and
then you must reregister the MIB, after making changes, by using the mxmib -a cpqide.cfg command.
For example:
#MSG_FORMATTER "$V3V#Ide Controller Model: # $V4V#Controller Slot Number: #
$V5V#Controller Index: # $V6V#Ide Logical Drive Index: # $V7V#Logical Drive
Status: # $tid#Trap ID: # $tname#Trap Name: # $trcvd#Trap Received Time: #
You can also edit the globalsettings.props file and modify the EmailKeywords property. “Configuring
e-mail settings”, in the "EmailSettings" section for additional information on changing the EmailKeywords
property.
For SNMP traps, the MIB cfg file is the default location that HP SIM looks for keywords. If keywords are
not defined here, then HP SIM looks at the EmailKeywords property in the globalsettings.props file.
Related procedures
• Configuring e-mail settings
• Configuring event filters for registered SNMP traps
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