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The SBC, like other Ribbon devices, uses SNMP traps to notify management applications of events. SNMP traps are the messages that notify a management client that an event has occurred on the SBC node. These traps are not displayed in EMA and can be viewed from Insight EMS or other SNMP manager configured as a trap target. In case of error scenario, a trap is initiated at the device and forwarded to the EMS or to the other SNMP manager for processing.

You can configure up to 32 trap targets on the SBC.

The supported configurable SNMP trap types are SNMP v1, v2, and v3.

The following command is executed in CLI to configure the SNMP traps:

% set oam snmp trapTarget myTarget ipAddress <ip address> state enabled

Registering/Configuring Insight SNMP Network Management Station for SBC

Perform the following steps to register the SBC node:

  1. Log into the InsightTM Web-based Element Management System.

    EMS Screen

  2. The Users & Roles window appears. Select Insight Administration from the Network Mgmnt roll-up (left hand side of the Users & Roles window).

    Register SBC EMS

  3. The Insight Administration window appears. Select SBC 5x00 from the Register Node drop-down menu.

    SBC EMS Registration

  4. Provide the name of the SBC in the Name field.
  5. Provide the Agent Login and Agent Password (default: admin/admin).
  6. Provide the information in Default IP Address for Host 1 and Host 2.
  7. Click Register.

Creating a View in EMA

Perform the following steps to create a view:

  1. Select Fault Manager from the Network Mgmnt roll-up (left hand side of the Users & Roles window). The Fault Manager window appears.

    View Creation

     

  2. Select the Views tab.
  3. Select All from the Resource Groups drop-down menu.
  4. Select Create. The Create View option appears.
  5. Provide a view name in the View Name field.

  6. In the Bars option, select Create.

    Device selection for view creation

  7. Select the devices from the Available Devices and place them in the Selected Devices option.
  8. Click OK. A view for the selected device will be created.

  9. Click Save. The view is saved and displayed in the left side pane.

    Saved View

     

Viewing Traps

Perform the following steps to view the traps:

  1. Select Real-Time tab from the Fault Manager window.
  2. Select All from the Resource Groups drop-down menu.

  3. Select the view from the Views drop-down menu. Click Open. The view is displayed.

    View Traps

     

  4. Double-click the Total Events bar. The Event Names appear for the selected device.

    Viewing Traps

     

Clearing Traps

Perform the following steps to clear a trap:

  1. Select the trap to be cleared.

    Select alarm to clear

  2. Select Clear from the Operations drop-down menu. The trap is cleared from the list.

    Cleared alarm

SNMP Traps

The SBC supports following generic SNMP traps apart from the application specific traps or alarms:

  • authenticationFailure
  • coldStart
  • linkDown
  • linkUp

The traps are triggered under specific conditions. For detailed information about these traps, refer to the relevant Trap page using the links provided in the table below.

Generic SNMP Trap Support

Generic SNMP TrapConditions
authenticationFailure - MINOR

When an SNMP request with mismatch of community name is received.

coldStart - INFORMATIONALWhen an SNMP entity has reinitialized itself and its configuration might have been altered.
linkDown - CRITICALWhen an SNMP entity detects that one of its communication links is down.
linkUp - INFORMATIONALWhen an SNMP entity detects that one of its lost communication links is reinstated.