Enabling SNMP Notifications

Table 15-2 lists the DCNM-SAN procedures that enable the notifications for Cisco NX-OS MIBs.

Expand Events > SNMP Traps to see the check boxes listed in this table.

Note     Choosing Events > SNMP Traps enables both traps and informs, depending on how you configured SNMP notifications. See the notifications displayed with the "Configuring SNMPv3 Notifications" topic.

Table 15-2 Enabling SNMP Notifications 

MIB	DCNM-SAN Check Boxes
CISCO-ENTITY-FRU-CONTROL-MIB	Click the Other tab and check FRU Changes.
CISCO-FCC-MIB	Click the Other tab and check FCC.
CISCO-DM-MIB	Click the FC tab and check Domain Mgr RCF.
CISCO-NS-MIB	Click the FC tab and check Name Server.
CISCO-FCS-MIB	Click the Other tab and check FCS Rejects.
CISCO-FDMI-MIB	Click the Other tab and check FDMI.
CISCO-FSPF-MIB	Click the FC tab and check FSPF Neighbor Change.
CISCO-LICENSE-MGR-MIB	Click the Other tab and check License Manager.
CISCO-IPSEC-SIGNALLING-MIB	Click the Other tab and check IPSEC.
CISCO-PSM-MIB	Click the Other tab and check Port Security.
CISCO-RSCN-MIB	Click the FC tab and check RSCN ILS, and RCSN ELS.
SNMPv2-MIB	Click the Other tab and check SNMP AuthFailure.
VRRP-MIB, CISCO-IETF-VRRP-MIB	Click the Other tab and check VRRP.
CISCO-ZS-MIB	Click the FC tab and check Zone Rejects, Zone Merge Failures, Zone Merge Successes, Zone Default Policy Change, and Zone Unsuppd Mode.

The following notifications are enabled by default:

• entity fru
• license
• link ietf-extended

All other notifications are disabled by default.

Detailed Steps

To enable individual notifications, follow these steps:

1. Expand Events and then select SNMP Traps in the Physical Attributes pane.

You see the SNMP notification configuration in the Information pane.

2. Click the FC tab to enable Fibre Channel related notifications.
3. Check each notification check box that you want to enable.
4. Click the Other tab to enable other notifications.
5. Check each notification check box that you want to enable.
6. Click the Control tab to enable notification applicable variables.
7. From NX-OS Release 4.2(1), the Control tab is available for the notification control feature. This feature allows you to enable or disable all the notification-applicable variables via SNMP.

The Control tab is available for NX-OS Release 4.2(1) and later only.

8. Check each notification check box that you want to enable.
9. Click the Apply changes icon to create the entry.

Note     In Device Manager, the no snmp-server enable traps link command disables generation of link traps in the switch, however the individual interfaces may have the link trap enabled.

To enable individual notifications using Device Manager, follow these steps:

1. Expand Admin > Events and then select Filters.

You see the event filters window showing a table populated by the switch

2. Click the Control tab to enable notification applicable variables.

From NX-OS Release 4.2(1), the Control tab is available for the notification control feature. This feature allows you to enable or disable all the notification-applicable variables via SNMP.

Note     The Control tab is available for NX-OS Release 4.2(1) and later only.

3. Check each notification check box that you want to enable.
4. Click the Apply changes icon to create the entry.

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