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Trap Alerts

Trap alerts are sent by SNMP devices working in remote location. Motadata has a set of pre-defined Trap Alerts based on SNMP devices. They provide a convenient visual wrapper for MIB defined SNMP traps.

Alerts Page​

The page displays all the alerts related to traps. The list shows pre-configured alerts by default. The list is by default formatted in alphabetical order and shows following information:

Trap Alerts

Trap Alerts

  • Name: Name of the trap alert
  • Status: Status of the alert for the trap
  • Triggered Count (Last 24 hours): Number of times the alert was generated by system in last 24 hours.
  • Last Triggered (Last 24 hours): Column shows the last time when the trigger was fired.

Show/Hide Columns: To show or hide the columns of the alert screen, click on the ‘Show/Hide Columns’. The columns in the list are:

  • Type: Shows the information about ‘type’ of which alert is generated. The value will always be trap.
  • Severity: Shows the information about the severity status of the alert.
  • Historical Trend: Shows the bar graph with total 24 bars for last 24 hours. Each bar shows the number of times the alert was generated in a given hour.

Pagination

Change the number of alerts you are seeing on the page. By default the page size is 10. You can set page size as 20, 50, 75 or 100.

Actions on Alerts​

actions available for alerts

Actions Available for Alerts

EnableEnables the alert. Motadata will evaluate the conditions and actions of the alert and compare with the monitors.
DisableDisables the alert. Motadata will ignore the conditions and actions of the alert.
DeleteDeletes the alert. It removes the alert from the system. This is an irreversible action.