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The IPSentry SNMP Add-In provides you with the ability to send the IPSentry SNMP Trap notifications to SNMP trap receivers on your network.

From the Entry Editor, select the Alerts tab, then the Add-In Tab, click Add and select the SNMP Monitor and Alert.
Click on the Configure button.

SNMP Trap Alerting Configuration - General Settings

IPSentry SNMP Trap Notification Configuration

After selecting to Configure Add-in from the alert add-in configuration, you will be presented with the SNMP Trap Alert Configuration options.

Host IP Address
Enter the host IP Address(es) to which the SNMP trap should be sent.
You may enter one or more addresses separated by a comma (,)

Port
Enter the port number to which the trap should be sent.

Agent IP Address
You may override the IP Address for trap generation by providing an address in this field.  The default value is the address of the local host

SNMP Version
Select the SNMP Message Version to be used when sending this trap (V1 or V2c).

V1/V2c Community
For SNMP V1 and SNMP V2c, enter the community name if required. Typical values are "public" or "private".  The default value is "public"

Trap Message
Enter a customized textual message (which may include IPSentry keywords) for the description sent within this trap.
The maximum length allowed will be 4096 bytes, so any keyword expansions along with literal message data will be truncated to 4096 if the message length exceeds this value.

The SNMP Trap sent by the SNMP Add-in is outlined in rgeinc-ipsentryv4-mib.my distributed with this add-in.
Defined in MIB: rgeinc-ipsentryv4-mib.my

Trap OID: 1.3.6.1.4.1.4637.1.1.2.0.1
iso.org.dod.internet.private.enterprises.rgeInc.applications.ipsentryV4.ipsNotificationPrefix.ipsNotifications.ipsStateNotification

Trap Objects
iso.org.dod.internet.private.enterprises.rgeInc.applications.ipsentryV4.ipsNotificationObjects
(1.3.6.1.4.1.4637.1.1.1)

ipsNotifServer
OID: 1.3.6.1.4.1.4637.1.1.1.1
Type: OCTET STRING
Size: 0 to 255
 
Identifies the name of the computer on which the IPSentry application is running that generated this trap.
ipsNotifItemType
OID: 1.3.6.1.4.1.4637.1.1.1.2
Type: INTEGER
Values: 0 to 3
 
Identifies the type of monitored item that triggered the alert.  The valid values are in a range from 0 to 3 and are represented as follows:

0 = Network Type Device
1 = Drive Space Monitoring Configuration
2 = NT Service Monitoring Configuration
3 = Add-In Type
4 = Group/Template [not used]
5 = Reference Monitor
 

ipsNotifItemName
OID: 1.3.6.1.4.1.4637.1.1.1.3
Type: OCTET STRING
Size: 0 to 128
 
The value represents the name field of the monitored item that triggered the alert as defined in the machine options editor.
ipsNotifItemDescr
OID: 1.3.6.1.4.1.4637.1.1.1.4
Type: OCTET STRING
Size: 0 to 255
 
The value represents the description field of the monitored item that triggered the alert as defined in the machine options editor.

 

ipsNotifItemLocation
OID: 1.3.6.1.4.1.4637.1.1.1.5
Type: OCTET STRING
Size: 0 to 255
 
Based on the value of ipsNotifItemType, this represents location information as it applies to that entity.
 
Network Types: Value will be IP Address or DNS Name.
Drive Space Types: UNC or Drive Letter being monitored.
NT Service Types: The NT Computer & Service Name
Add-In Types: The add-in name and descriptive. Other details are not available outside of the add-in.
Reference Type: The name and weight definition of the item.
ipsNotifAlertState
OID: 1.3.6.1.4.1.4637.1.1.1.6
Type: INTEGER
Values: 0 or 1
 
The last known state of the item triggering the alert.

0=Normal
1=Alert
ipsNotifAlertCount
OID: 1.3.6.1.4.1.4637.1.1.1.7
Type: Counter32
Values: 0 to Max
 
The total number of alerts sent during alert state of device.
ipsNotifSeqFailCount
OID: 1.3.6.1.4.1.4637.1.1.1.8
Type: Counter32
Values: 0 to Max
 
The total number of sequential alert state results for monitored device.
ipsNotifAttemptCount
OID: 1.3.6.1.4.1.4637.1.1.1.9
Type: Counter32
Values: 0 to Max
 
The total number of monitoring attempts since last statistics clearing.
ipsNotifFailCount
OID: 1.3.6.1.4.1.4637.1.1.1.10
Type: Counter32
Values: 0 to Max
 
The total number of failures for monitored device.
ipsNotifUserMessage
OID: 1.3.6.1.4.1.4637.1.1.1.11
Type: OCTET STRING
Size: 0 to 4096
 
The user defined description of the event may be derived from associated keywords as outlined in the application documentation

 

 



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