SNMP Trap Forward Servers vs SNMP Monitoring Destination Group

[conf-t]

Hi board and ACI experts,

quick question regarding SNMP traps in ACI:

What's the purpose of the SNMP Trap Forward Servers in the Fabric Pod Policies?

uni/fabric/snmppol-{POLICY-NAME}/snmpTrapFwdServerP

If I understood the whole thing correctly, the correct SNMP trap configuration is to create "Monitoring destinations" (SNMP server group) and attach the group to a fabric wide, fabric default, access or tenant monitoring policy.

[jiarchen · Accepted solution]

Hi, 

In the SNMP Trap forward servers field, we can configure the specific SNMP traps destination. For example, we can let the APIC address displayed as the source address of the SNMP trap other than leaf address. 

Here's the guide to help you understand SNMP Trap, please check the link below for detailed info. 

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/dcn/aci/apic/5x/basic-configuration/cisco-apic-basic-configuration-guide-52x.pdf

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Best Regards

Lucy