8.3                 Sending a Simulated Notification

Before a simulated notification can be sent, the following prerequisites have to be met:

1.   The traps property has to be specified for the NOTIFICATION-TYPE to sent with at least one name.

2.   Optionally, for each columnar OBJECT-TYPE of the NOTIFICA­TION-TYPE‘s OBJECTS clause, define the row index reference by a object property.

3.   Configure notification targets for the simulation agent by customizing the “Simulation Agent Configuration” on page 46. Alternatively, the target configuration can also be changed using SNMP and the SNMP-TARGET-MIB as well as the SNMP-NOTIFICATION-MIB.

4.   Start the simulation agent using the Start button on the Agent tab.

5.   Now the Send Notification list should contain all the trap template names that have been specified by one or more traps properties. Select the template you want to generate a trap for and press the Send Notification button.

The referenced MIB object instances are subject to the View Access Control Model (VACM) of the agent. Thus, the agent checks if the object instances are accessible for notify.

6.   If all columnar object references have been specified beforehand, the trap is generated by using the values of the referenced MIB object instances and is then sent to all configured targets. For any reference that are not provided, a message dialog asks for selecting it from con­figured row indexes for that columnar object. If no such row indexes are specified, the notification cannot be sent.