SNMP Monitoring of Alarms for Both Your SNMP and Non-SNMP Devices

Relying on an off-the-shelf SNMP manager for mission-critical remote monitoring is a mistake.

If you're combining non-SNMP monitoring of alarms with SNMP-based remote site monitoring or switching from traditional telemetry, an off-the-shelf SNMP manager won't give you the visibility you're expecting.You need visibility of every remote site all at once, not isolated systems for non-SNMP and SNMP equipment. Use your SNMP manager where it works the best: drilling down for specific equipment problems and network inventory.

Before committing, be sure your SNMP monitoring of network events supports critical telemetry functions.

Don't use an SNMP manager for network alarm notification and fault management. It's missing 7 critical functions for this task. Unless you have everything reporting to one system, you won't have complete visibility. Systems that integrate SNMP monitoring of alarms are perfectly tailored to this role. Your SNMP monitoring implementation will be successful only if it supports all seven functions.

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The Seven Critical Telemetry Functions of SNMP Monitoring of Alarms

1. System operator login and identification
   SNMP alarm monitoring must log the identity of the system operator who acknowledges an alarm event. In the example of a negligent system operator, it would be difficult to determine who had made the error or to assign responsibility for the problems that resulted.
2. Maintain a list of standing alarms
   Your SNMP manager must maintain a list of standing alarms and not just log newly reported or acknowledged traps. Imagine what would happen to your network if a system operator acknowledged an alarm, and then failed to correct the alarm condition. Who would know the alarm was still standing? No one!
3. View regional and local categories of alarms
   Advanced SNMP alarm monitoring will allow you to organize alarms by logical categories. You can post the same alarm to multiple logical categories or sort which alarms the user wants to see
4. Indicate cleared alarms
   Off the shelf SNMP managers don't correlate SNMP Trap messages to an alarm condition or a clear condition.
5. Best quality telemetry monitoring
   You'll have complete visibility of your entire network, not just the SNMP enabled devices, with tools such as notifications escalation, legacy protocol mediation, nuisance alarm silencing, automatic control relay operation, and automatic notifications by pager and e-mail.
6. Detailed, precise alarm descriptions
   SNMP alarm monitoring systems should record the time, location, severity, and a precise description of alarm events
7. Maintain System Security and Strict Accountability
   Advanced SNMP remote monitoring tracks each user by a unique id and automatically records user actions in a history log.

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