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Configuring snmp trap logging – Avocent DSView User Manual

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Chapter 4: Advanced Operations

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Right-click and select Disconnect from the shortcut menu.
A message box will appear prompting you to disconnect the local
port session.

3. Click

Disconnect. Another message box will appear prompting for

verifi cation that the current connection should be terminated.

4. Click

Yes to terminate the local port session.

Configuring SNMP trap logging

DSAuth may be configured to log enterprise (SNMP) traps sent by

DS appliances.

NOTE: SNMP trap logging cannot be enabled if SNMP services has not been installed.

All SNMP Traps are logged in the DS[mm][yy][dd].csv audit log file, where

[mm] is the month, [dd] is the day and [yy] is the year when log entries were

last added.

The audit log file contains the following columns:

DATE - Date of the log entry

TIME - Time the log entry was made

EVENT TYPE - Type of log entry, which is 9 SNMP_TRAP for SNMP traps

USERNAME - Username of the user who created the trap, or “Unknown
Username” if the username is not given

DEVICE_PORT - Displays the following for SNMP traps:

Appliance:[appliance name]::[appliance IP address]:

[community of the trap]

DESCRIPTION - Displays the following for SNMP traps:

[generic trap code]:[specifi c trap code]::[generic trap name]::

[specifi c description of trap]

See Appendix E for more information on SNMP traps.

To confi gure SNMP logging:

1.

From the DSAdmin menu, select Options - System Settings. The System

Settings dialog box will appear.

2. Click

the

Enable SNMP Trap Log checkbox to log SNMP traps over UDP

port 161.