Enabling SNMP Trap Service - BlueCat Address Manager - 8.2.0

How to enable Address Manager SNMP Trap service.

1. Select the Administration tab. Tabs remember the page you last worked on, so select the tab again to ensure you're on the Administration page.
2. Under General, click Service Configuration.
3. From the Service Type drop-down menu, select Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). Address Manager queries the server and returns the current values for the service settings.
4. Under SNMP Trap Settings, click New and select Trap Server. A maximum of 10 SNMP Trap servers an be configured.
5. In the pop-up window, configure the following SNMP Trap Server parameters:
   • Trap Server—enter the IP address of the trap server. Each SNMP Trap server must have a unique IP address.
   • Trap Server Port—specify the value of the SNMP trap server port. The port value must be between 1 and 65534.
   • Trap Version—select the SNMP version for the trap server from the drop-down menu: v1, v2c, or v3.
     When selecting v3 in the Trap Version field, the following additional parameters appear:

     • Security Level—select an SNMP security level from the drop-down menu:

       Option	Description
       No Auth, No Priv	No Authentication, No Privacy. The SNMP service does not require user authentication and does not encrypt the data it returns.
       Auth, No Priv	Authentication, No Privacy. The SNMP service requires user authentication but does not encrypt the data it returns.
       Auth, Priv	Authentication, Privacy. The SNMP service requires user authentication and encrypts the data it returns. For BAM users, DES is the default privacy type for the Auth, Priv security level; it cannot be modified from the Address Manageruser interface.

     • Username—enter the SNMP user name. This field only appears when using SNMP trap version 3.
     • Authentication Type—select either MD5, or SHA. This field appears only when using SNMP trap version 3 and when you select either Auth, No Priv, or Auth, Priv from the Security Level field.
     • Auth Passphrase—enter the user authentication password. This field appears only when using SNMP trap version 3 and when you select either Auth, No Priv, or Auth, Priv from the Security Level field.
     • Privacy Passphrase—enter the privacy authentication password. This field appears only when using SNMP trap version 3 and when you select Auth, Priv from the Security Level field.
   • Community String—enter the SNMP community string. This string is used to validate the trap server registering to receive traps. This field appears only when using SNMP v1 and v2c.
   • Enable SNMP Trap Server—select this check box to enable the SNMP Trap server; deselect this check box to disable the SNMP Trap server.
6. Click OK.
   A row entry is added to the SNMP Trap Servers table with the trap server configurations that have just been entered. The Status column displays the status of the SNMP trap server configuration. Values are Enabled and Disabled.
7. Click Update.