Available Trap Alert Actions

The following actions are available for trap alerts. For more information about assigning alert actions, see “Adding Alert Actions”.

Discard the Trap

Allows you to delete unwanted traps sent to the SNMP Trap server.

Tag the Trap

Allows you to add a custom tag to received traps. Ensure you include the Tag column in the viewer when assigning a tag.

Flag the Trap with a specific color

Allows you to assign a specific color to flag traps matching the rule.

Log the Trap to a file

Allows you to specify a file and a series of variables with which to tag traps sent to the file. Ensure you have already created the log file you want to use. The alert cannot create a file.

Windows Event Log

Allows you to write a message to the local Windows Event Log or to a remote Windows Event Log.

Forward the Trap

Allows you to specify the IP address or hostname and the port on which to forward the trap.

Play a sound

Allows you to play a sound when a matching SNMP trap is received.

Text to Speech output

Allows you to define a specific speech engine, the speed, pitch, volume, and message to read.

Execute an external program

Allows you to specify an external program to launch. This action is used when creating realtime change notifications in Orion NPM.

Execute an external VB Script

Allows you to launch a VB Script using the selected script interpreter engine and a saved script file.

Send a Windows Net Message

Allows you to send a Windows Net message either to a specific computer or to an entire domain or workgroup.

Note: Windows Server 2008 does not support Windows Net Messaging, so the Send a Windows Net Message trap action is not available to Orion NPM installations on Windows Server 2008.

Send an E-mail / Page

Allows you to send an email from a specified account to a specified address, using a specific SMTP server, and containing a customizable subject and message.

Stop Processing Trap Rules

Stops the processing of SNMP trap rules for the matching trap.

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