SNMP Trap Monitoring

Many network devices can issue SNMP traps when certain events occur on the device.

Typically, these are events that are difficult to monitor by checking OID values. For example, a network-enabled UPS might issue a trap when it switches from utility power to batteries.

ServerAssist can listen for these SNMP traps issued by devices or servers on the network, allowing ServerAssist to integrate into heterogeneous networks.

Rather than implementing its own listener, which would "take over" the SNMP port on the computer, ServerAssist uses the Windows SNMP Trap service to listen for SNMP traps.

This is a standard Windows service that allows multiple applications on a single computer to all listen for traps, allowing ServerAssist to function alongside other tools that may also be deployed.