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View SNMP Traps on CA Spectrum

You can view the SNMP traps sent by CA Enterprise Log Manager alerts on the CA Spectrum event model you created for receiving these traps. Received traps are displayed on the Events tab. For the example Configuration_Changes_Alert, the results, ca-elm and 2, are displayed in CA Spectrum with the OIDs 1.3.6.1.4.1.791.9845.2.22 and 1.3.6.1.4.1.791.9845.2.2.

To view SNMP traps on CA Spectrum

  1. Log in to CA Spectrum with your CA Spectrum credentials.
  2. Bring up the Spectrum Control Panel and start Spectroserver.

    Spectroserver starts.

  3. Click OneClick Administrator and log in.

    The Spectrum NFM OneClick application appears.

  4. Click Start Console.

    The Spectrum OneClick console appears.

  5. Expand the folder created for CA Enterprise Log Manager.
  6. Under Universe, select the event model you created for receiving traps sent from CA Enterprise Log Manager.
  7. In the right-hand panel, select the Events tab to view traps sent from CA Enterprise Log Manager.

    The value, ca-elm, and event_count=2 is the same data that you could view in CA Enterprise Log Manager.

An unrelated example of how an SNMP trap sent by a CA Enterprise Log Manager alert appears in CA Spectrum OneClick follows. The link is the URL you can paste in a browser to display the CA Enterprise Log Manager table with details presented in CEG format.

This screenshot depicts the format of a trap received by CA Spectrum from a CA Enterprise Log Manager alert.

More information:

Example: Alerting CA Spectrum of Configuration Changes