Using Events for the First Time - A Simulation

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You have a device on your map that you want to assign an SNMP trap event to. You want this device to "light up" on the map when an SNMP trap (assigned to this device) occurs. When this event happens, you also want to be alerted via a sound notification.

Just for this exercise, we are going to do the following:

• Add a single device to a map (make sure the IP address is: 127.0.0.1).
• Assign an event to this device.
• Assign an alert to notify you about this event on the device.
• Trigger the event and see what happens.

Adding an Event to a Device

To begin, put a single device on a map. If you need a refresher on this, see "Creating a New Network Map".

1. Double-click this device and select Events.
2. Click Add and select SNMP Traps - "Any".
3. Click OK.
   

Associating an Alert to your Event

While still in this device's properties, click on Alerts.

Note: You may need to scroll down below the Events icon.

1. Select Enable Alerts, and click Add.
2. In the Notification list, select Sound/Default. If you need a refresher on using or creating notifications, see "Defining Notifications".
3. Select On Event.
   
4. Click the Select Events button.
   
5. Click Help to learn about the two options buttons. For the sake of this exercise, you can pick either one of them.
6. Click OK three times to get back to the map showing this device on it.

Event Visual Indicator

You should see a difference in the appearance of this device. It now has an inverted triangle on the upper-left corner, as depicted by the device in the middle. This is a visual indicator that an event is assigned to this device. Later in this lesson, when our event occurs, the triangle will "light up" as shown below.

Manually Triggering your Event

To recap, we have created a device, assigned an event to it, and associated an alert to this event. Now, we are going to trigger an event on our device.

1. Using your favorite command line SNMP trap utility, send a trap to 127.0.0.1
2. Your device should light up and your notification should occur.

Note: In the real world, this device would have an appropriate IP address on your network, and when an SNMP trap is sent to this device, the device would "light up" and the notification would occur.

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