Post-Installation Tasks › Configure Alert Targets › Set Up SNMP Trap Alerts

Set Up SNMP Trap Alerts

You can enable SNMP traps to be sent to a third-party network monitoring program. If you enable SNMP trap alerts, an SNMP trap is sent each time a threshold violation triggers an alert. You also can set the alert to be triggered only by a correlated anomaly.

Multiple targets for SNMP traps are not supported.

Follow these steps:

1. Configure the trap receiver to listen for traps from the CA Anomaly Detector server.

   Use the MIB file to import the CA Anomaly Detector Object IDs (OIDs) into your trap receiver. The MIB file is located in the following directory on the CA Anomaly Detector server:

   <install_path>\NQAD\MIB\NetQoS-AnomalyDetector-mib

   The steps for importing the OIDs and configuring the trap receiver are specific to the trap receiver.

2. Display the Data Source List page: Select Admin, Data Sources.

   The page for managing data sources opens: Manage Data Sources (CA PC) or Data Source List (NPC).

3. Click the name of the CA Anomaly Detector instance that you want to configure.

   The Monitored Products page opens.

4. Click View Alert Targets.

   The Alert Targets page opens.

5. Double-click the snmp_traps row.

   The Edit Alert Target page opens.

6. Specify the Target: Enter the IP address or DNS hostname of the system that will receive the SNMP traps.
7. Select one or both of the following options to enable the alert:
   • Basic State: Send alerts whenever any single sensor detects an anomaly that crosses a threshold.
   • Cluster State: Send alerts only when the requirements for a correlated anomaly are met.

     This is the recommended setting for first-time use of CA Anomaly Detector. If you have already disabled alerts for the sensors that are irrelevant to you, the recommended setting is Basic State. For more information about these recommendations, see the Best Practices note at the end of the topic about configuring Syslog alerts.

     For information about what constitutes a correlated anomaly, see Correlated Anomalies on page 7.

8. Click Save.

   You return to the Alert Targets page, which reflects any changes you saved.