Set up the notification destination for traps – CANOGA PERKINS 9161 Network Interface Device User Manual

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9161 Network Interface Device

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Set Up the Notification Destination for Traps

Use the Trap Notification/Destination Table to view and set up the destination for Trap messages. In
addition to setting the host address and port, you can set the security level for the notification, then set
values for various parameters, depending on the security level. For details on and values for security
parameters for your system, see the documentation for your network security system. To access and
update the Trap Notification/Destination Table, follow these steps:

1. At the System menu, type

5

, Notification Settings, and press <Enter>. The Notification

Destination Table screen appears.

2. To add a destination, type

2

and press <Enter>, or to edit an existing destination, type

1

and press

<Enter>, then follow the prompts to enter values, or press <Space> to cycle through options, for
these parameters:

• IP Address for the destination
• Trap Notification Port for the destination; Range is 1 to 65535; typically set to 162
• Notification Type sets the security level for the destination, from V1-Trap through V3-Inform

V1-Trap:

Unacknowledged message with SNMPv1 protocol

V2-Trap:

Unacknowledged message with SNMPv2c protocol

V2-Inform:

Acknowledged message with SNMPv2c protocol

V3-Trap:

Unacknowledged message with SNMPv3 authentication and optional encryption

V3-Inform:

Acknowledged message with SNMPv3 authentication and optional encryption

3. To finish setting up V1-Trap, V2-Trap, or V2c-Inform notification, type the community name, up

to 10 characters, and press <Enter>.

4. To finish setting up SNMPv3-Trap notification, press <Space> to cycle through the options for

the Security Level. Values can be "No Auth/No Priv," means no user authentication or
encryption for the message; "Auth/No Priv," means authentication by user name, but no
encryption for the message; "Auth/Priv," means authentication by user name and encryption for
the message.

5. To finish setting up SNMPv3-Inform notification, either type a value and press <Enter> or press

<Space> to cycle through the options for these parameters:

• Engine ID: Enter the SNMP Engine ID at the destination; view it at the destination

configuration; 64 Hex characters.

• Authentication Protocol: Set how to authenticate the notification; can be MD5, SHA, or

None.

• Authentication Password: Enter the password that generates the authentication key for the

message if the authentication protocol is MD5 or SHA; 8 to 15 characters.

• Authentication Key: Shows the key that authenticates the notification for MD5 or SHA

Authentication Protocol; this is generated automatically for the Authentication Password, but
can be changed if the destination uses a different Authentication Key generation algorithm;
16 Hex characters for MD5 protocol or 20 Hex characters for SHA protocol.

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