26.5.1 Displaying traps from devices

You can configure NNMi to display traps from devices in a way similar to that used in the NNM environment.

NNMi includes many default settings for the general SNMP traps and vendor traps packaged in NNM. You can update NNMi by updating these traps.

For the list of variables that can be used in messages and automatic actions, see Valid Parameters for Configuring Incident Messages (SNMP Trap Incident) and Valid Parameters for Configuring Incident Actions (SNMP Trap Incident) in NNMi Help.

1. Check whether the NNM configuration contains customized traps.

   Pay attention to the customizing that has been done in relation to categories, importance, displayed messages, and automatic actions.

   

2. Download the vendor MIB file to the NNMi management server.

3. For each MIB, run the following command:

   nnmloadmib.ovpl -load mibFile
   nnmincidentcfg.ovpl -loadTraps mibModule

   • To determine which MIBs have already been loaded, run the following command:

   nnmloadmib.ovpl -list

   For details, see the nnmincidentcfg.ovpl Reference Page and the nnmloadmib.ovpl Reference Page.

   Note

   These steps only load TRAP-TYPE and NOTIFICATION-TYPE MIB entries, and NNMi does not use other MIB variables.

4. In the NNMi console, from the Configuration workspace, choose Incidents > SNMP Trap Configuration.

   

5. Customize the display so that the trap display matches the display in NNM.

   You can create categories as needed on the SNMP Trap Configuration form.

   

   

6. (Optional) Set up Family as the default in addition to the default settings of Severity, Category, and Message Format.

7. (Optional) Classify traps as root causes so that traps are displayed in the Open Root Cause Incidents view.

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