Network management systems use SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) to monitor network-attached devices for conditions that require administrative attention. By configuring settings on the Logical Interconnect Groups and Logical Interconnects screens, you can enable third-party SNMP managers to monitor (read-only) network status information of the interconnects.
An SNMP manager typically manages a large number of devices, and each device can have a large number of objects. It is impractical for the manager to poll information from every object on every device. Instead, each SNMP agent on a managed device notifies the manager without solicitation by sending a message known as an event trap.
HPE OneView enables you to control the ability of SNMP managers to read values from an interconnect. You can filter the type of SNMP trap to capture, and then designate the SNMP manager to which traps will be forwarded. By default, SNMP is enabled with no trap destinations set.
When you create a logical interconnect, it inherits the SNMP settings from its logical interconnect group. To customize the SNMP settings at the logical interconnect level, use the Logical Interconnects screen or REST APIs.