Configuring Performance Traps

Use the following configuration statements to configure performance traps:

snmp notify alarm category category-name ...
snmp notify alarm category category-name alarm alarm-name {
interval interval;
critical critical;
major major;
minor minor;
}

To configure performance traps:

  1. From configuration mode, access the configuration statement that configures the type of performance trap.
    [edit]
    user@host# edit snmp notify
  2. Specify the type of trap and the trap name.
    [edit snmp notify]
    user@host# set alarm category category-name alarm alarm-name

    You can select from the list of trap types and their associated traps or create new traps.

  3. (Optional) Specify the interval at which the variable associated with the trap is polled.
    [edit snmp notify alarm category category-name alarm alarm-name]
    user@host# set interval interval
  4. Specify the threshold above which a critical alarm is generated.
    [edit snmp notify alarm category category-name alarm alarm-name]
    user@host# set critical critical
  5. Specify the threshold above which a major alarm is generated.
    [edit snmp notify alarm category category-name alarm alarm-name]
    user@host# set major major
  6. Specify the threshold above which a minor alarm is generated.
    [edit snmp notify alarm category category-name alarm alarm-name]
    user@host# set minor minor