Cisco IOS Cookbook, 2nd Edition

Using RMON to Send Traps

Problem

You want the router to send a trap when the CPU rises above a threshold, or during other important events.

Solution

You can configure a router to monitor its own CPU utilization and trigger an SNMP trap when the value exceeds a defined threshold with the following set of configuration commands (Example 1):

Router#configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line.  End with CNTL/Z.
Router(config)#rmon event 1 log trap ORATRAP description "CPU on Router has exceeded threshold" owner ijbrown
Router(config)#rmon event 2 log description "CPU on Router has normalized" owner ijbrown         
Router(config)#rmon alarm 1 lsystem.57.0 60 absolute rising-threshold 70 1 falling-threshold 40 2 owner ijbrown
Router(config)#end
Router#

The following commands will configure the router to monitor its own buffer failures and send an SNMP trap when the number of failures exceeded a threshold (Example 2):

Router#configure terminal 
Enter configuration commands, one per line.  End with CNTL/Z.
Router(config)#rmon event 3 log trap ORATRAP description "Excessive buffer failures on Router" owner ijbrown   
Router(config)#rmon alarm 2 lsystem.46.0 300 delta rising-threshold 5 3 falling-threshold -1 3 owner ijbrown
Router(config)#end
Router#

To configure a router to monitor its own memory utilization and trigger an SNMP trap when it exceeded its threshold, use the following set of configuration commands (Example 3):

Router#configure terminal  Enter configuration commands, one per ...