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Sensorsoft Alert User Manual
Setting up SNMP Trap Alerts
SNMP trap alerts are suitable for users who need to manage their Alert appliance through SNMP. To
receive SNMP trap alerts, you must have one or more NMS (Network Management Station) with the ability
to receive traps.
SNMP Trap Destinations
To allow your Alert appliance to send SNMP trap alerts, you must set the SNMP trap destination IP
addresses and SNMP trap destination commapplianceies. A trap destination is typically a computer that is
running network management software. You can set a maximum of two trap destination IP addresses. The
same trap destination will be used for the SNMP trap alerting of all variables on all monitored devices.
1. Login to the Alert web interface as admin.
2. Go to the Administration page by clicking on the Administration hyperlink located on the left side of
the page. The General Administration Settings page will come up. On this page, you will see the
SNMP Settings table:
Figure 15: SNMP Settings on the Administration Page
In the fields Trap Destination 1 IP and Trap Destination 2 IP, enter the trap destination IP
addresses.
3. Click the Save Changes button.
Setting up SNMP Trap Alerts for Device Variables
1. Go to the Device Configuration page for the monitored device of interest. To get to this page, first
click on the View Monitor List hyperlink on the left side of the web page. From the View Monitor
List page, click on the Description hyperlink for the monitored device of interest.
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