[nv-l] Confused about setting up an SNMP proxy

["Edwards, JT - ESM" <JEdwards3@wm.com>]

Greetings all,

 

My knowledge of setting up Netview for SNMP traps is quite fuzzy and I need some clarification.

 

I want to setup Netview to receive SNMP traps from several vendors' MIBs and forward them on to TEC.

 

I have:

• Added the traps to the trap engine from the MIB
• Built the appropriate BAROC for the MIB

Now I am a bit confused. For starters I want to create a different community string so that I can get only these traps and not the flotsam of SNMP traffic running across my network. Furthermore, I am thinking I need to setup an SNMP proxy since these machines are non-network devices (not switches or hubs or routers).

 

I am confused about the next steps to take. Can someone provide me some pointers?

 

Thanks in Advance,

 

J.T. Edwards
Sr. Systems Programmer
Enterprise Systems Management
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