HP (Hewlett-Packard) A5799A Network Card User Manual


 
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delivered via a dial-up PPP link, the terminal server generates a
.PPPREQ event. Include entries similar to the following in your Action
table:
Alarm Action Routine Parameter Comments
ERR001 SNMPTRAP 2 This is a minor alarm.
.PPPREQ PHPPP 5551212 Create the PPP link.
The telephone number can be specified directly, or any of the default
telephone numbers specified in the system parameters can be
referenced. PHPPP is not compatible with firewalls or any security
measures on the remote access device.
Setting Terminal Server Parameters for SNMP Traps
The terminal server responds to “alarms” (such as an error condition on
a host) by performing an appropriate user-defined action. A typical
action might be connecting to a remote computer over a modem link
and sending error information from the host to that computer. SNMP
provides a standard way for the terminal server to report alarms to one
or more computers that are connected via network.
SNMP Manager Parameters
You can configure the terminal server to send a message, or “SNMP
trap,” to one or more supervisor computers, which are called SNMP
managers, in response to alarm conditions. These parameters are set
using the
SNP 2
command: