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Configure CA Virtual Assurance to Forward Events

Configure the product to forward events to a CA or third-party SNMP Event Manager. The process consists of two parts:

1. Configure the event manager to receive CA Virtual Assurance traps or events.
2. Configure CA Virtual Assurance to forward the events.

The following procedure assumes that you have configured your Event Manager console to receive events.

Note: If you do not have CA Virtual Assurance Event Manager installed, see the Installation Guide.

Configure CA Virtual Assurance to forward events to a CA or third-party Event Management server.

To configure CA Virtual Assurance to forward events

1. Open the CA Virtual Assurance user interface.
2. Click Administration.

   The Administration page appears.

3. Click Configuration.

   The Configuration page appears.

4. Click Event in the left pane.

   The Event pane appears.

5. Click + (Add).

   The Forwarding and Type fields are automatically populated.

   Note: If these fields do not populate, restart Apache Tomcat.

6. Select SNMP v1 or v3 from the Type drop-down list, then select Enabled from the Forwarding drop-down list.

   If you select SNMP v3 Trap, a panel for additional configuration parameters appears.

7. Enter the management server name in the Server field.
8. Enter a different port number for SNMP or leave the default port 162, which is automatically populated.
   • If you selected SNMP v3, continue with step 9.
   • If you selected SNMP v1, go to step 13.
9. Select Security Level from the drop-down list. The following types are valid options:

   NoAuthNoPriv

   No additional security parameters.

   AuthNoPriv

   Authentication settings only.

   AuthPriv

   Authentication and encryption.

10. Enter the user name for the remote management server in the Username field.
11. Select an Authentication protocol from the options in the drop-down list and specify a password.

    MD5

    Defines the Message-Digest algorithm 5 cryptographic hash function with 128-bit hash value.

    SHA

    Defines the Secure Hash algorithm cryptographic hash function.

    Note: This option is valid for security level AuthNoPriv and AuthPriv only.

12. Select Encryption protocol from the drop-down list. DES and AES are valid options. Specify a password.

    Note: This option is valid for security level AuthPriv only.

13. Click OK.

    A confirmation message appears.

14. Click Save to save the updated Event Forwarding record.

    Your settings are updated and the configuration information appears. CA Virtual Assurance is now configured to forward events.