Dell EMC OpenManage Essentials Version 2.5 User's Guide

This section describes scenarios about forwarding alerts using the SNMP v1 and SNMP v2 protocols. The scenarios consists of the following components:

• Managed node with an SNMP v1 agent, referred to as MNv1
• Managed node with an SNMP v2/v2c agent, referred to as MNv2
• Managed station 1 with OpenManage Essentials, referred to as MS1
• Managed station 2 with OpenManage Essentials, referred to as MS2
• Managed station 3 with a third-party software, referred to as MS3

Scenario 1 — Forwarding Alerts in the Original Format Using SNMP v1 Protocol

In this scenario, SNMP v1 alerts are sent from MNv1 to MS1 and then forwarded from MS1 to MS2. If you try to retrieve the remote host of the forwarded alert, it displays the name of MNv1 as the alert originates from MNv1. MNv1 is displayed because the SNMP v1 alert standards allow you to set the agent name in the SNMP v1 alert.

Scenario 2 — Forwarding Alerts in the Original Format Using SNMP v2/v2c Protocol

In this scenario, SNMP v2 alerts are sent from MNv2 to MS1 and then forwarded from MS1 to MS3. If you try to retrieve the remote host of the forwarded alert from MS3, it is displayed as MS1

Since there are no fields in an SNMP v2 alert to specify the agent name, the host which sends the alert is assumed as the agent. When an SNMP v2 alert is forwarded from MS1 to MS3, MS1 is considered as the source of problem. To resolve this issue, while forwarding SNMP v2 or v2c alerts, a varbind is added with OID as .1.3.6.1.6.3.18.1.3.0 with the variable value as Agent Address . This has been set based on the standard OID specified in RFC2576-MIB. When you try to retrieve the Agent Address from MS3, it is displayed as MNv2

Scenario 3 — Forwarding Alerts in the OMEssentials Format Using Either SNMP v1/v2 Protocol

In this scenario, SNMP v1 alerts are sent from MNv1 to MS1 and then forwarded to MS2. If you try to retrieve the remote host of the forwarded alert, it is displayed as MS1. The severity and the message of the alert is also defined by MS1 and does not display the original severity and message defined by MNv1.