SNMP
Notification Recipients
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• Recipient IP Address/Name—Enter the IP address or server name of 
where the traps are sent.
• UDP Port—Enter the UDP port used to for notifications on the recipient 
device.
• Notification Type—Select whether to send traps or informs. If both are 
required, two recipients must be created.
• Timeout—Enter the amount of time (seconds) the device waits before re-
sending informs/traps. Timeout: Range 1-300, default 15
• Retries—Enter the number of times that the device resends an inform 
request. Retries: Range 1-255, default 3
• User Name—Select from the drop-down list the user to whom SNMP 
notifications are sent. In order to receive notifications, this user must be 
defined on the SNMP User page, and its engine ID must be remote.
• Security Level—Select how much authentication is applied to the packet.
NOTE The Security Level here depends on which User Name was 
selected. If this User Name was configured as No Authentication, the 
Security Level is No Authentication only. However, if this User Name has 
assigned Authentication and Privacy on the User page, the security level 
on this screen can be either No Authentication, or Authentication Only, or 
Authentication and Privacy. 
The options are:
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No Authentication
—Indicates the packet is neither authenticated nor 
encrypted.
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Authentication
—Indicates the packet is authenticated but not encrypted.
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Privacy
—Indicates the packet is both authenticated and encrypted.
• Notification Filter—Select to enable filtering the type of SNMP notifications 
sent to the management station. The filters are created in the Notification 
Filter page.
• Filter Name—Select the SNMP filter that defines the information contained 
in traps (defined in the Notification Filter page).
STEP  4 Click Apply. The SNMP Notification Recipient settings are written to the Running 
Configuration file.