User's Manual

Chapter 9: Using SNMP
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a. sysContact - the contact person in charge of the system being
contacted
b. sysName - the name assigned to the system
c. sysLocation - the location of the system
3. Select the MIB to be downloaded. The SNMP MIB for your EMX is
used by the SNMP manager.
Important: You must download the SNMP MIB for your EMX to use
with your SNMP manager. Click Download MIB in this dialog to
download the desired MIB file. For more details, see Downloading
SNMP MIB (on page 209).
4. Click OK to save the changes.
5. On the Notifications tab, select the Enable checkbox to enable the
SNMP notification feature.
6. From the Notification Type drop-down, select the type of SNMP
notification.
7. For SNMP TRAPs, the engine ID is prepopulated.
8. For SNMP INFORM communications, leave the resend settings at
their default or:
a. In the Timeout (sec) field, enter the interval of time, in seconds,
after which a new inform communication is resent if the first is
not received. For example, resend a new inform communication
once every 3 seconds.
b. In the Number of Retries field, enter the number of times you
want to resend the inform communication if it fails. For example,
inform communications are resent up to 5 times when the initial
communication fails.
9. For both SNMP TRAPS and INFORMS, enter the following as
needed and then click OK to apply the settings:
a. Host name
b. Port number
c. User ID needed to access the host
d. Select the host security level