Configuring SNMP trap subscribers

[Version 2.1 and later] Trap subscribers represent the Simple Network Monitoring Protocol (SNMP) clients that are used to communicate with the SNMP agent embedded on the appliance.

Before you begin

SNMP trap subscribers must be existing SNMP clients. Configure your SNMP client to receive traps before you create the trap subscriber in the IBM® WebSphere® DataPower® XC10 Appliance user interface.

About this task

An SNMP trap subscriber is required to direct notifications about the appliance to a subscribed SNMP client. When you create a trap subscriber, you must provide information about the SNMP clients that receive SNMP traps. Traps describe situations that need attention from the IBM WebSphere DataPower XC10 Appliance administrator. The SNMP agent does not send SNMP traps to any client that is not defined as a subscriber.

All SNMP trap subscribers automatically receive traps related to data grid storage limits and appliance storage limits. For more information about the specific traps you can set, see SNMP trap reference.

Procedure

  1. Navigate to the SNMP settings panel. In the WebSphere DataPower XC10 Appliance user interface, click Appliance > SNMP Settings.
  2. Expand Trap Subscribers.
  3. Click Create trap subscriber.
  4. Complete the form to describe the SNMP trap subscribers that you would like to create.
    Host
    Specifies the IP address where the SNMP client listens for trap information.
    Client port number
    Specifies the port on which the SNMP client is listening for trap information.
    Community
    Specifies an SNMP community of which the client is a member.
  5. Click the remove icon (remove icon.) to remove an SNMP trap subscriber. Existing subscribers cannot be modified. If a subscriber must be modified, then it must be removed and then recreated.

What to do next

After you specify at least one SNMP trap subscriber that can access the appliance, you can configure what traps you would like the SNMP agent to communicate.