Can you convert a trap to an alert with Network Performance Monitor?

eric.w.sutton

Does Network Performance Monitor or other Solarwinds module have a method to convert traps into alerts even if the node sending the alert has not been discovered by Solarwinds? We have a group which doesn’t want their systems monitored directly by Solarwinds but they do not mind sending SNMP traps to indicate a service outage. I can’t assume any trap from any source is a critical service outage so I would like to convert specific traps to alerts if they meet certain conditions, similar to the way alerts are defined by events. I haven't found any evidence that log and event manager has this feature.

I see how you can you can:

• • send an email notification based from an SNMP trap
  • or you can change the status of an interface

but I don't see a way to generate an alert based upon an SNMP trap from an unmanaged system (not discovered).

When you create a new alert under "Manage Alerts", you must associate the alert with some group; such as a node, application, component, interface, volume, etc. I don't think those would help since these nodes are not in the Solarwinds database.

Any suggestions?

jpr7311

I am assuming that you have checked out Solarwinds Trap Viewer if you have seen how you can send an email notification based from an SNMP trap.  You can create custom filters within Trap Viewer for specific types of traps based off of a wide variety of conditions and specific information from within the trap.  You can then create an action for those the traps that meet the conditions.  I can't remember what all of the actions are off the top of my head, but Trap Viewer is the program you would use to accomplish this. 

Solarwinds Alerts in the web console checks for certain conditions in the Solarwinds SQL database based off the alert triggers.  So you are right, there would not be a way to accomplish what you want through Solarwinds Alerts.