Configuring the Event Servers
To view or modify the event servers, go to Configure->Program Options, and select Event Servers. All available event servers are displayed. To make changes, select the server and click the Configure button. Once configured, these servers can listen for SNMP Traps and Syslog Entries. The Windows Log server cannot be configured because it does not listen on a port, and it can't receive unsolicited events.
What is an Event Server?
An Event Server is a separate executable that listens for an event to take place, and then notifies WhatsUp Gold. This lets you get notification of an event when it occurs - rather than polling for all event types. The Event Server is solely responsible for how it monitors its events. This means that the server could listen for network traffic, file changes, or application specific events. To define which events you are interested in, you should add an event in the Events Library. Each event type is responsible for providing its own matching criteria for filtering. For example, if the SNMP Trap Server is listening for SNMP traps, you may not want to burden WhatsUp Gold with knowing about every SNMP trap. In which case, you could define an SNMP trap of type "authenticationFailure", so that WhatsUp Gold would receive "authenticationFailure" traps.
