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Manage Incoming SNMP Traps

NNMi provides several tools that enable you to manage the SNMP traps that are sent through the Event Pipeline and are configured to appear as incidents in the NNMi console. For more information about NNMI's Event Pipeline, see About the Event Pipeline.

NNMi uses the following criteria to determine whether it receives or discards incoming traps:

  • If the incoming trap's Source Node object or Source Object (such as card or interface) has not yet been discovered, NNMi discards the trap by default.

    Note The NNMi administrator can change this behavior using the Trap Handling Settings when configuring incidents. See Handle Unresolved Incoming Traps for additional information. See also Configure Network Devices to Send SNMP Notifications to NNMi.

  • If the Source Node or Source Object of the incoming trap has been discovered by NNMi using SNMPv3, NNMi accepts incoming traps from SNMPv3, SNMPv2c, or SNMPv1. See SNMPv3 Settings Form for information about configuring SNMPv3 settings.
  • If the Source Node or Source Object of the incoming trap has been discovered by NNMi using SNMPv2c or SNMPv1, NNMi discards incoming traps from SNMPv3. Concept Link IconSee Also
  • NNMi discards traps that have no incident configuration or with an incident configuration set to Disabled. To ensure that NNMi retains all received Trap instances when your network environment includes SNMP agents using a variety of SNMPv1, SNMPv2c, and SNMPv3 protocol, you must configure two Incidents: one for the SNMPv1 version and one for the SNMPv2c/3 version of that trap. See Configure SNMP Trap Incidents.
  • If either the Source Node or Source Object has Management Mode set to Not Managed or Out of Service in the NNMi database, NNMi always discards the incoming trap. See Understand the Effects of Setting the Management Mode to Not Managed or Out of Service

    NNMi provides the Management Mode workspace so that you can quickly view lists of all nodes, interfaces,IP addresses, chassis, cards, node sensors, and physical sensors that NNMi is not currently discovering or monitoring. For information about these views: Concept Link IconSee Also

  • NNMi discards most incoming traps from network objects that are not monitored. For example, you can configure NNMi to exclude specified interfaces from being monitored. See Monitor Network Health for more information.

Note the following:

When managing your SNMP Traps consider performing the following tasks:

Related Topics:

Configure Trap Forwarding