Managing Traps

To add a trap, complete the following steps:

1. In the Enable field, check the Enable box. This activates the trap once you have finished configuring the parameters associated with this trap.

2. In the Priority field, select the type of priority to be used with trap.

3. In the Trigger field, select the type of trigger that should be used with this trap.

4. In the Edge 1 field, enter the threshold value that should be used for evaluation comparison. This can be a value in the range of 0 to 231.

5. In the Edge 1 Direction field, select the direction (up or down) that the trigger should be measured, inclusive of the value specified in Step 4.
   
   If you select anything other than double-edge for the Trigger field, continue with Step 6; if you select double-edge for this field, two additional fields display:
   
   a. In the Edge 2 field, enter the threshold value that should be used for evaluation comparison. This can be a value in the range of 0 to 231.
   
   b. In the Edge 2 Direction field, select the direction (up or down) that the trigger should be measured, inclusive of the value specified in Step a above.

6. In the Interval field, enter the number of seconds between evaluations of the trap.

7. In the Interval Offset field, enter the number of seconds to wait before actually starting the interval evaluation.

8. In the Rate Interval field, enter the normalization factor to be used.

9. In the Backoff Style field, select the style of backoff you want to use after a trap has been set off.
   
   If you select None for the Backoff Style, the default, continue with Step 10.
   
   If you select Exponential, in the Backoff Multiplier field, enter the threshold value (number of intervals) to wait before checking the trap status
   
   If you select Step, in the Backoff Step field, enter the number of seconds to wait before checking the trap status.

10. When finished with all the trap parameters, click Add.

To modify an existing trap, complete the following steps:

1. Click Modify on the trap you want to modify.
   
   Result: The Modify an SNMP Trap is displayed with the same fields as when you added the task.

2. If the trap you want to modify is not in the Modify Trap field, select the correct trap from the drop-down list.

3. Modify the specific fields for this trap that you want to change.

4. When you are finished making modifications to this trap, click Apply to save the changes.

To delete a specific trap, complete the following steps:

1. Select the trap to delete.

2. Click Delete.
   
   Result: A confirmation windows is displayed.

3. Click OK.