Field | Description |
Send TRAPs to 3rd party SNMP server | Specifies API Gateway to use the SNMP traps to capture events that you can send to a third-party SNMP server. |
SNMP target type | Specifies target type of the SNMP server. The available options are: User: To send the events information to a SNMP user. Community: To send the events information to a group of SNMP users that form a community. By default, User is selected. |
Hostname | The host name or IP address of the machine where the CentraSite SNMP or the third-party SNMP server is installed and running. Note: The host name cannot be localhost. |
Port | The SNMP trap receiver port that is listening for SNMP requests and packets. |
Transport | The protocol used by SNMP to send traps. The available options are: TCP and UDP. By default, TCP is selected. If you select UDP, ensure that the SNMP server is in the same subnet, or configure the routers to get packets across subnet boundaries. The maximum PDU size when running in UDP mode is 64 Kb which might be restrictive when sending large request and response payloads for Transaction Events. |
Username | If User is selected as the SNMP target type, then the Username field specifies the SNMPv3 user name to use when connecting to the receiver. If Community is selected as the SNMP target type, then the Community name field specifies the name to be used to interact with the SNMP receiver. This value must match the value that you set in the SNMP receiver. |
Use authorization | Specifies whether an authorization key is required. You cannot edit the authorization fields unless Use authorization option is selected. The authorization fields are: Password: The key to be used for authorization. Protocol: The authorization protocol is MD5 |
Use privacy | Specifies whether a privacy (encryption) key is required. You cannot edit the privacy fields unless Use privacy option is selected. The privacy fields are: Password: The key to be used for privacy. Protocol: The privacy protocol is DES. |